Mahad Varad Vinayak - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple

• Meditation:

Mahad Varad Vinayak temple, Raigad district, Maharashtra

• Meditation:
- Ganesha: I meditate on Sri Ganesha abiding in Mahad as Sri Varad Vinayak.

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

• Mahad: (Raigad district, Maharashtra) → (Ashtavinayaka)

• Greatness:

• Mahad Varad Vinayak is primarily a Ganesha Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Ganesha):
- Sri Ganesha abides in Mahad Varad Vinayak 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 blessed sage Grutsamad (who is said to be the founder of Ganapatya cult), when the sage meditated on him and underwent a long penance.

• Sacred Geography:

☗ Sahyadri Mountains (Konkan region surrounded by Sahyadri Mountains)
▬ River Savitri flows

• Temples (Summary):

• Ganesha:
- Sri Varad Vinayak

• Puranic Events:

• Sri Ganesha blessing sage Grutsamad: Sri Ganesha blessed sage Grutsamad (who is said to be the founder of Ganapatya cult), when the sage meditated on him and underwent a long penance. Sri Ganesha permanently stayed in that place (where sage Grutsamad performed penance) as Sri Varada Vinayaka. (The legends of Sri Ganesha are mentioned in Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana)

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