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Lord Ganesha, is the God worshiped
ahead of all Gods and in Maharashtra you will find eight
temples of Vighan Harta, Sukh Karta Lord Ganesha. Here at
these eight places God is known as "Vinayak" and in the
Sanskrit language number eight is wrtitten as "ashta"
hence this journey become famous "Ashtavinayak Yatara", for the Maharashtrians
visit to these temples called "Ashtavinayak Darshan" holds
value and and importance equal to "Char Dham" Yatra.
According to
Hindu Shastra this pilgrimage should be completed in a
specific order of visit, starting with Moregaon one
should go to Siddhatek, Pali, Mahad, Theyor [Theur],
Lenyandri, Ozar, Ranjangaon and ends the journey at
Moregaon. Here are images of All eight Idols
of Lord Ganesha and out lined road map for reaching there.
If you are on tour of Maharashtra don't miss this as
without this Maharashtra Tourism remain uncompleted, No
matter to which religion you belongs, forget about the
deviation and worship the natural beauty of these place is
worth to visit.
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Ganesha Idols on Ashtavinayak
Pilgrimage |
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This
is a small village
located in the Baramati
taluka of Pune district,
at a distance of 60 kms.
from the Pune. River
Kara flows on the side
of temple. It was time
when the place was
natural habitat of
our national bird
peacock [in Marathi
language pronounced as
"Mor"] and from
this village gets the
name Moregaon. Temple
appears like a mosque
and one get feeling of
looking at a fort when
viewed from distance.
This
temple is treated as the
temple of powerful deity
as in Marathi "Siddhi"
means acquiring powers
and according to Hindu
faith here on Sidhtek
mountain Lord Vishnu
acquired Siddhi. The
village is in the
Ahmednagar, adjoining
district of Pune and
temple is situated on
the bank of river Bhima.
Silence is the amazing
factor of the place even
the flow of river water
doesn't make much noise.
Idol here was
established by Ahila Bai
Holkar.
Heavy
rains for the place and
huge Panch Dhatu [Five
Metal] bell are the
identification mark of
village and temple
respectively. This is
the only place where
Lord Ganesha is dressed
up like traditional
Brahman [Hindu Priest].
Fort Sarasgad on
one side and river Amba
on the other side add to the
natural beauty of place.
Sun rays of rising sun
falling on Idol of God
is most amazing
experience for the
tourists. 
This
temple is famous as
Vradayak [granting boons
for fulfillment of
desires] for the
devotees, another unique
thing of temple is "Nanda
Deep" which continuously
lit since the 1892.
According to one story
the idol of Shree
Ganesha was found under
the well behind the
temple and ordinary
house looking temple was
constructed in the year
1725 during the rule of
Peshwas. Mahad is one of
most beautiful place in
the partially explored
hilly region of nature
rich Kokan area of
Maharashtra.