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The Siddhivinayak temple receives donations of around ₹ 100 million (US$1.2 million) – ₹ 150 million (US$1.8 million) every year, which makes it Mumbai city's richest temple trust. [6] In 2004, the Siddhivinayak Ganpati Temple Trust, which operates the temple, was accused of mismanaging donations.
The Siddhivinayaka Mahaganapati Temple is a Hindu temple located in Titwala, a small town in the Kalyan taluka of Thane district – near Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The temple is dedicated to the Hindu, elephant-headed god of wisdom Ganesha .
Banganga Tank and Walkeshwar Temple, c. 1855. According to local legend, the temple sprang forth when Rama, the exiled hero of the epic Ramayana, stopped at the spot in search of his kidnapped wife, Sita. As the legend goes, overcome with fatigue and thirst, Rama asked his brother Lakshmana to bring him some water.
Gateway and old Maruti temple with Viragal stones on either side. Velapur: Sholapur Upload Photo: N-MH-M111 Old doubled shrined temple, on the far side of a tank near the last Velapur: Sholapur Upload Photo: N-MH-M112 Old Temple and Viragals or sculptured memorial stones by the road side just outside the village Velapur: Sholapur Upload Photo ...
Chaitya Bhoomi, also written as Chaityabhoomi, (IAST: Caityabhūmī, Officially: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Chaityabhoomi Memorial) is a Buddhist chaitya and the cremation place of B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and the revived Buddhism in India.
The facade of the temple shows a mix of Persian architecture and Greek Revival style. The lamassus at the entrance. Maneckji Seth Agiary is the second-oldest Zoroastrian fire temple (or agiary, Gujarati for "house of fire") in Mumbai, India, constructed in 1735. [1] Banaji Limji Agiary, established in 1709, is the oldest. [2]
Prabhadevi Temple, also known as Prabhavati Devi Temple, is a Hindu temple located in the Prabhadevi area, near Dadar, Mumbai. The idol representing the main deity, Prabhavati Devi, dates back to the 12th Century. The temple itself, though, was constructed in 1715, making it only 300 years old.
The center of the Global Vipassana Pagoda contains the world's largest stone dome built without any supporting pillars. The height of the dome is approximately 29 meters, while the height of the building is 99.06 meters, which is twice the size of the previously largest hollow stone monument in the world, the Gol Gumbaz Dome in Bijapur, India.