Showing posts with label AshtaVinayak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AshtaVinayak. Show all posts

Shri Girijatmaj AshtaVinayak



History

Goddess Parvati went through severe penance in the cave at the Lenyadri mountain to become the mother of Ganesh. Pleased by her penance Gajanan blessed her and promised that He would take birth as her son.On the Chaturthi, fourth day of Bhadrapad Shukla fortnight Parvati created an idol from the dirt wiped from her body. In this idol entered Gajanan. He stood before as her a little boy, who had six arms and three eyes. This boy was called Ganesh, the one who has conquered all the senses.
It is believed that Ganesh resided in Lenyadri for fifteen years.

Shri Chintamani AshtaVinayak



Shri Chintamani Vinayak, one of the Ashtavinayak is in Tehur in the Haveli Taluka of Pune district in Maharashtra. The idol of Chintamani is purvabhimukha (facing east) and its eyes are studded with precious stones.


Shri Mayureshvara Ashtavinayak


Shri Mayureshvara ( also called as Moreshwara) Ashtavinayak temple is at Morgaon. Morgaon is at the distance of 64 kms from Pune, Maharashtra, next to the river Karha in the village of Moregaon.

Shri Chintamani Theur AshtaVinayak




Ashtavinayakaor eight Ganeshas are located in Maharashtra state. The Ashtavinayakayatraor pilgrimage covers the eight holy temples of Ganesh. All the eight Ashtavinayak Temples are Swayambhu(self-originated) and Jagrut.

Shri Siddhivinayak Ashtavinayak

 Shri Siddhivinayak Ashtavinayak Temple is at Siddhtek a remote little village along the river Bhima in the Ahmednagar district and Karjat tehsil in Maharashtra. The deity of this temple is swayambhu, three feet high and two and a half feet wide, facing north. The trunk of the deity is turned towards the right. A Ganpati with the trunk turned to the right is considered to be the dynamic form of Ganpati. The statue is in one corner of a hillock.

Shri Varad AshtaVinayak


Shri Varad Vinayak, one of the Ashtavinayak temple is in Mahad village set in the hilly region of Konkan in the Raigarh district and the Khalapur Taluka of Maharastra.