“Ganpati Bappa Moraya”

Lord Shree ganesh is aaradhya daivat of Maharashtra.

Shree Ganesh is son of god Parvati & god aadidev mahadev (Shiv).

People knows shree ganesha by so many names like, mangalmurti, Vinayaka, vighnaharta, Lambodar, bhalchandra, Ganpati, ekdanta and so many.

Shree ganesh is a lord of good luck & success, all hindu people before beginning of their any ceremonies, work (Shubha karya) they will pray to shree ganesh for success on their work.

People respect, love Shree ganesha to remove impediments in their functions or work (Wedding ceremony, new household & new business)

You will be found so many temples of shree ganesha in india or in a world.

Specially in Maharashtra India, there are eight famous temples of shree ganesha, people frequently known as ashtavinayak temples.

Below are the sequence wise dev darshan of ashtavinayak.

1)      Mayureshwar Temple,

2)      Siddhivinayak Temple.

3)      Ballaleshwar Temple

4)      Varadavinayak Temple

5)      Chintamani Temple

6)      Girijatmaj Temple

7)      Vighnahar Temple

8)      Mahaganpati Temple

You can book any air condition car or any affordable vehicle from local market of Pune.

or you can take the car on rent from Pune.

          Shree mayureshwar temple is located at moragaon,

Pune to morgaon distance is 66.4 Km, via route shivajinagar-hadapsar- diveghat- saswad- jejuri-Moragaon. It will take 2 hours to reach at moragaon from pune.

        Shree Siddhivinayak temple (Siddheshwar temple) is located at siddhatek.

From moragaon to siddhatek distance is 57.8 Km, via route moragaon-supe- Kusegaon-

Patas- daund-lingali-devalgaon-siddhatek. It will take 2 hours to reach at Siddhivinayak temple.

        Shree ballaleshwar temple (Ballaleshwar Ganpati) is located at Pali, Raigad.

From Siddhatek to ballaleshwar pali distance is 229 km.

Via route daund-patas-uruli Kanchan- Hadapsar-pune- baner-wakad-talegaon-lonavala-khopoli- khopoli pen road- khopoli pali road- pali. It will take 6 hours to reach at pali ballaleshwar temple.

After this dev darshan of three ganesh temple or long drive journey in one day.

You can take one-night stay at pali in good hotel, preferred from google.

         Shree varadvinayak temple located at Mahad, from Pali to mahad distance is 38 Km.

Via route khopoli-pali road- Mumbai pune - expressway- khopoli-mahad.

It will take 1 and half hours to reached at mahad Ganpati temple from pali.

        Shree Cintamani Vinayak temple located at Theur, from mahad to theur distance is 110 Km.

Via route Mumbai goa highway- mahad dapoli road- bhor kapurhol road-bhor phata -

Saswad bopdev pune – hadpsar-saswad-jejuri road- kakasaheb wadake road- wadki gaon road- phursungi saykarwadi tarwadi road- NH65 – theur road- shree chintamni Vinayaka temple theur.

It will take 3 and half hours to reached at Chintamani Vinayak temple from mahad.

        Shree Girijatmaj temple located at lenyadri, from theur to lenyadri distance 102 Km.

Via route theur – theur to kesnand road- varude- wafgaon-bhorwadi-manchar-kalamb-narayangaon– junnar – lenyadri. It will take 3 and half hour to reach at lenyadri from Theur.

Shree vigneshwar Ganpati located at Ozar, from lenyadri to Ozar distance is 15 Km.

Via route lenyadri temple – junnar otur road – kumshet road- narayangaon – junnar – Ozar.

It will take half hour to reach at temple from lenyadri to ozar.

      Shree mahaganpati located at Ranjangaon, from Ozar to ranjangaon distance is 66 Km.

Via route narayangaon- khodad- ranjani-valati-pargaon shingave- kavathe-ranjangaon.

It will take 3 hours to reach at temple deom ozar to ranjangaon.

              For more details you can refer the google for Ashtavinayak darshan, the roads, temples and for the required time. At every Temple there are lot of shops of books, dictionaries, grantha, specially for ladies’ bags, key chains, bracelets, bangles, for kids there are so many varieties of cars, cloths, playing tackle.

              In hole trip there are so many small food outlets, you can eat famous Maharashtrian dish Missal pav, vada pav, bhajji pav, pithala bhakri. At every temple you can purchased flowers, special modak sweets, for offering to the lord ganesha.