Siddhivinayaka Temple
Siddhivinayaka Temple is the second in line to be visited for
the Ashtavinayaka darshanam and is placed on a small hill facing north. The temple is located off Pune Solapur highway baout 48 Km from Srigonda, Ahmadnagar district.
The
unique thing about this idol is that out of all the 8 ganesha’s idols, this is
the only one whose trunk is positioned towards the right. Rest all the idols
would have their trunk positioned towards left.
The idol is 3 feet tall and 2.5 feet wide and Ridhi and Sidhi murthys are also present on one thigh. In order to make one round of the temple, or as we call it pradakshina, one has to go round the hill, which takes around 30 minutes on a moderate speed.
It is said that there was one Peshwa’s general, named
Haripant Phadake. He lost his position and out of dismay, he came to the temple
and did 21 pradakshinas around the hill. After completion of the rounds, his army men came
and took him back to the royal abode as the general.
Also, it is said that Lord Vishnu was able to vanquish 2
demons, Madhu and Kaitabh, only after making Siddhivinayaka happy in this pious
place.
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