Siddhatek Siddhi Vinayak - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple

• Meditation:

Siddhatek Siddhi Vinayak temple, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra

• Meditation:
- Ganesha: I meditate on Sri Ganesha abiding in Siddhatek as Sri Siddhi 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 (Siddhatek Siddhi Vinayak is an Ashta Vinayaka)

• Siddhatek: (Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra) → (Ashtavinayaka)

• Greatness:

• Siddhatek Siddhi Vinayak is primarily a Ganesha Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Ganesha):
- Sri Ganesha abides in Siddhatek Siddhi 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 Lord Vishnu to be successful in the battle against demons Madhu and Kaitabha, when Lord Vishnu worshipped him before slaying those demons.

• Sacred Geography:

▬ River Bhima flows

• Temples (Summary):

• Ganesha:
- Sri Siddhi Vinayak

• Puranic Events:

• Sri Ganesha & Lord Vishnu: Sri Ganesha blessed Lord Vishnu to be successful in the battle against demons Madhu and Kaitabha, when Lord Vishnu worshipped him before slaying those demons. Sri Ganesha stayed there permanently (where Lord Vishnu worshipped him) as Sri Siddhi Vinayaka. (The legends of Sri Ganesha are mentioned in Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana)

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