Ranjangaon Mahaganapati - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple

• Meditation:

Ranjangaon Mahaganapati temple, Pune district, Maharashtra

• Meditation:
- Ganesha: I meditate on Sri Ganesha abiding in Ranjangaon as Sri Mahaganapati.

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

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

• Greatness:

• Ranjangaon Mahaganapati is primarily a Ganesha Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Ganesha):
- Sri Ganesha abides in Ranjangaon Mahaganapati 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 Lord Shiva to be successful in the battle against demon Tripura, when Lord Shiva meditated on Him before waging war against the demon.

• Sacred Geography:

▬ River Ghod flows (through Shirur 17 km away)

• Temples (Summary):

• Ganesha:
- Sri Mahaganapati

• Puranic Events:

• Sri Ganesha blessing Lord Shiva for victory against demon Tripura: Sri Ganesha blessed Lord Shiva to be successful in the battle against demon Tripura, when Lord Shiva meditated on Him before waging war against the demon. Sri Ganesha permanently stayed in that place (where Lord Shiva meditated) as Sri Mahaganapati. (The legends of Sri Ganesha are mentioned in Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana)

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