Morgaon Mayureshwar - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple

• Meditation:

Morgaon Mayureshwar temple, Pune district, Maharashtra

• Meditation:
- Ganesha: I meditate on Sri Ganesha abiding in Morgaon as Sri Mayureshwar.

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

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

• Greatness:

• Morgaon Mayureshwar is primarily a Ganesha Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Ganesha):
- Sri Ganesha abides in Morgaon Mayureshwar 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 killed demon Sindhu riding on a Mayura or Peacock (hence the name Mayureshwar).

• Sacred Geography:

▬ River Karha flows

• Temples (Summary):

• Ganesha:
- Sri Mayureshwar

• Puranic Events:

• Sri Ganesha killing demon Sindhu: Sri Ganesha killed demon Sindhu riding on a Mayura or Peacock (hence the name Mayureshwar). On the request of the devas Sri Ganesha stayed there permanently as Sri Mayureshwara or Moreshwara. (The legends of Sri Ganesha are mentioned in Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana)

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