Lord Ganesh blesses Ranjangaon village

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Mahaganapati Temple, Ranjangaon,taluka shirur ,Pune

Location: Mahaganapati Temple, Ranjangaon

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Ranjangaon ganpati is one of the Athavinayk Ganpati. Crowded on sankashti chaturthi.Temple is very well maintained, temple also serves MahaPrasad to everyone.

The story behind the temple

Ranjangaon Ganpati is one among the Ashtavinayak, celebrating eight instances of legends related to Ganesha.This temple’s Ganpati idol was inaugurated and donated by the “Khollam” family, a goldsmith family based in Ranjangaon. The temple was built between the 9th and 10th century. The main temple looks like it was built in the Peshwa period. Nagarkhana is situated above the entrance gate. The temple facing east has huge and beautiful entrance gate.

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It is believed that the place where Lord Shiva invoked Lord Ganesha and defeated Tripurasura is Ranjangaon (the word Ranjan means the delighted one), prior to which it had the name of Manipur…the most powerful representation of Lord Ganesha. In the events or Ganesh Jayati days, lots of small shops here for shopping and the sweet Prashad (Pedha) of Lord Ganesha.

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According to records, the temple was built among the 9th & tenth centuries. Temple is so constructed that sun rays fall without delay on Shree Ganesha’s idol.,In Ranjangaon, villagers do not carry the Ganesh idols to their homes, as an alternative, everyone involves the temple for Ganesh pooja, within the month of Bhadrapada.Temple stays open from five:30 inside the morning until 10 at night time.

:wheelchair: Accessibility

They have huge paid parking space .

:blue_car: How to reach

Regular buses from Pune Station & Shivaji Nagar are available. While going from the Pune – Nagar highway the direction is Pune – Koregaon – then thru Shikrapur. Rajangaon is 21 km earlier than Shirur. From Pune, Ranjangaon is 50 km

:plate_with_cutlery: Where to eat

Near to the temple many hotels and food corners available

:earth_asia: Nearby attraction

Bhima koregaon vijaysthamb

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@Praniketmore very clearly and simply explained

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@ShubhamWaman Thank you …

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Brilliantly captured photos of the Mahaganapati Temple @Praniketmore

I am happy to see that it was less crowded when you went there :blush:

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Nicely conceived and presented post, my dear @Praniketmore .

Kindly attend to the comments we suggest - :wheelchair: “Accessibility” is not to describe ‘parking’ availability… It is about - how this place is accessible to Handicapped or differently abled persons - hope you got me.

Overall a very nice post with contextual photos and callages with informative text content.

Great going… Keep it up.

Thanks for your tagging.

:pray:

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A very nice post and photos, @Praniketmore . Thanks for sharing with us.

Cheers!

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Thank you very much for sharing this post @Praniketmore . It’s my long wish to visit AstaVinayak Temples. I was delighted to read your post. Good information and beautiful pictures. Sorry for replying late as I am travelling. Thanks for tagging me.

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@Praniketmore es ist ein sehr informativer Beitrag mit vielen schönen Bildern.

Gut gefallen hat mir, dass sie die Bedeutung eines Wortes, der Entzückte, auch erklärt haben…

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@Praniketmore

Thanks for tagging me .

Beautiful photos, and well describe post Ganpati bappa bless you.

From. Pune station u mention regular buses are available are they private bus or ST buses.

As metro has started in pune what is nearby metro station