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Friday 21 September 2012



Moving on the third destination in AshtaVinayak Yatra to the "Ballaleshwar Temple".Among Ganesha temples, Ballaleshwar is the only incarnation of Ganesha that is known by his devotee's name.

Shri Ballaleshwar, Pali:
The original wooden temple was reconstructed in to a stone temple by Nana Phadanavis in 1760. 
This Temple faces the east and has two sanctums. The inner one houses the murti and has 

a Mushika (Ganesha's mouse vahana) with modaka in his forepaws in front of it. The temple is constructed in such a way that after the winter (dakshinayan : southward movement of the sun) solstice, the sun rays fall on the Ganesha murti at sunrise. The temple is built with stones which are stuck together very tight using melted lead.
Ganpati bappa morya,mangalmurti morya!!!

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