Ranjangaon Ganpati Mandir

Ranjangaon Ganpati is one among the Ashtavinayak. The temple was built in between 9th & 10th century. It is believed that the place where Lord Shiva invoked Lord Ganesha & defeated Tripurasura is Ranjangaon , prior to which it had the name of Manipur. Main temple looks like it was built from Peshwa’s period.

Temple facing east has huge & beautiful entrance gate; Nagarkhana is situated above the entrance gate. Madhavrao Peshave made the room in basement for keeping murti.  The murti is donated and inaugurated by local goldsmith of Ranjangaon. The Ganesha idol has 10 trunks and 20 hands. Ranjangaon Ganpati is also named as ‘Mahotkat’. Later this temple is renovated by Sardar Kibe of Indur. The form/deity of the temple’s idol which is called Mahaganapati is believed to be so powerful that the locals do not bring home idols of Ganapati at all. Same thing is done during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival as well in other parts of Maharashtra.

How to reach here :

To go Ranjangaon, only roadway is good.  People from other than Pune area first have to reach at Pune, by rail or airway.  Then by road can reach here.  ST Buses are available from Pune station. But having own vehicle is quite easier to reach here. Narayangaon , Nashik and Pune are closed from here. From Pune it is 50 km which makes it just a 2hour drive,  From Mumbai on off days while it would take around 3hours on weekends. The temple is situated in Shirur taluka about 50 kms from Pune and is the eighth temple visited by devotees who set out on the Ashtavinayak Yatra.

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