Lenyadri Girijatmak - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple

• Meditation:

Lenyadri Girijatmak temple, Pune district, Maharashtra

• Meditation:
- Ganesha: I meditate on Sri Ganesha abiding in Lenyadri as Sri Girijatmak.

स्वस्ति श्रीगणनायकं गजमुखं मोरेश्वरं सिद्धिदम् ॥
बल्लाळं मुरुडे विनायकमहं चिन्तामणिं थेवरे ॥
लेण्याद्रौ गिरिजात्मजं सुवरदं विघ्नेश्वरं ओझरे ॥
ग्रामे रांजणनामके गणपतिं कुर्यात् सदा मङ्गलम् ॥
- Ashta Vinayaka Sloka (Lenyadri Girijatmak is an Ashta Vinayaka)

• Lenyadri: (Pune district, Maharashtra) → (Ashtavinayaka)

• Greatness:

• Lenyadri Girijatmak is primarily a Ganesha Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Ganesha):
- Sri Ganesha abides in Lenyadri Girijatmak which is a Ashta Vinayaka (Eight incarnations of Sri Ganesha) [Morgaon Mayureshwar, Siddhatek Siddhi Vinayak, Pali Ballaleshwar, Mahad Varad Vinayak, Theur Chintamani Vinayak, Lenyadri Girijatmak, Ozar Vigneshwar, Ranjangaon Mahaganapati].
- Sri Ganesha granted the boon to Devi Parvati to be born as her son, when Devi Parvati worshipped him to get him as her son.

• Sacred Geography:

☗ Lenyadri Caves (Lenyadri has a series of caves one of which is that of Sri Girijatmaja)

• Temples (Summary):

• Ganesha:
- Sri Girijatmak

• Puranic Events:

• Sri Ganesha granting boon to Devi Parvati to be born as her son: Sri Ganesha granted the boon to Devi Parvati to be born as her son, when Devi Parvati worshipped him to get him as her son. Sri Ganesha permanently stayed in that place (of his birth as son of Devi Parvati) as Sri Girijatmaja. (The legends of Sri Ganesha are mentioned in Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana)

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