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The Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ganesha. It is located in Prabhadevi neighbourhood of Mumbai , Maharashtra, India . [ 1 ] It was originally built by Laxman Vithu and Deubai Patil on 19 November 1801.
According to one non-mainstream tradition, Ganesha was a brahmacārin, that is, unmarried. [6] This pattern is primarily popular in parts of southern India. [7] This tradition was linked to the controversial concept of the relationship between celibacy and the commitment to spiritual growth. [8]
Ganapati (गणपति; gaṇapati), a synonym for Ganesha, is a compound composed of gaṇa, meaning "group", and pati, meaning "ruler" or "lord". [20] Though the earliest mention of the word Ganapati is found in hymn 2.23.1 of the 2nd-millennium BCE Rigveda, it is uncertain that the Vedic term referred specifically to Ganesha.
Lalbaugcha Raja (English: The King of Lalbaug) is the sarvajanik (public) Ganesha idol kept at Lalbaug, a locality in Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The idol gives darshan [ clarification needed ] to the devotees for 11 days; thereafter it is immersed in the Arabian Sea at Girgaon Chowpatty on ...
The Vigneshwara Temple or Vighnahar Ganapati Temple [1] of Ozar (also spelt as Ojhar or Ojzar) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of wisdom. The temple is one of the Ashtavinayaka , the eight revered shrines of Ganesha in Maharashtra , India .
Ganesha as Mayureshwara with consorts Riddhi and Siddhi, Morgaon.Samarth Ramdas composed the arati inspired by Mayureshwara. Sukhakarta Dukhaharta (literally "harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress", [1] Marathi: सुखकर्ता दु:खहर्ता, sukhakartā duḥkhaharta), also spelled as Sukhkarta Dukhharta, is a popular Marathi arati, song or bhajan (devotional ...
Chintaman Ganesh is the biggest temple of Lord Ganesha in Ujjain of Madhya Pradesh, India. This temple is built across the Kshipra river on the Fatehabad railway line, and is located about 7 km far south-westerly to the Ujjain town. The temple is located now in the middle of the town's market.
A goshala (cow shed), a row of shops vending pooja materials, a small temple office where seva tickets and prasada can be bought and a modest temple kitchen serving naivedya prasada is all that Southadka houses. The idol of Lord Ganesha, is installed under the bowers of an ancient tree.