Ozar Vigneshwar - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple

• Meditation:

Ozar Vigneshwar temple, Pune district, Maharashtra

• Meditation:
- Ganesha: I meditate on Sri Ganesha abiding in Ozar as Sri Vigneshwar.

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

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

• Greatness:

• Ozar Vigneshwar is primarily a Ganesha Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Ganesha):
- Sri Ganesha abides in Ozar Vigneshwar 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 defeated demon Vignashura and checked his atrocities. Sri Ganesha permanently stayed in that place (of battle) as Sri Vighneshwara.

• Sacred Geography:

▬ River Kukadi flows

• Temples (Summary):

• Ganesha:
- Sri Vigneshwar

• Puranic Events:

• Sri Ganesha defeating demon Vignashura and checking his atrocities: Sri Ganesha defeated demon Vignashura and checked his atrocities. Sri Ganesha permanently stayed in that place (of battle) as Sri Vighneshwara. (The legends of Sri Ganesha are mentioned in Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana)

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