TEMPLES OF LORD GANESHA
Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha!
Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha!
Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vasudevaya!
Om! Ham! Hanumathe Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha!
Lord Ganesha is one of the best known and most widely worshipped Deities of Hindu Religion. All walks of people worship him regardless of affiliations. We find temples of Lord Ganesha in almost all places across the country. In some places we find an exclusive temple while in some other places we find Lord Ganesha along with other main Deities. In this regard please find below a list of some of the famous temples exclusively dedicated to Lord Ganesha.
Ashta Vinayaka Temples & their locations
Among the temples of Lord Ganesha some of them are said to be more powerful & important. Eight among such important temples which are called as Ashta Vinayaka temples are located in the state of Maharastra within a radius of about 100 km from Pune. Lot of significance is given to these temples in Hindu religion. They are all ancient temples where the idols of Lord Ganesha got manifested in different cosmic ages. Each one is an incarnation of Lord Ganesha associated with mythological legends behind them.
List of these Ashta Vinayaka Temples are as follows:
- Mayureshwara Temple, Moregaon
- Siddhi Vinayaka Temple, Siddhatek
- Ballaleshwar Temple, Pali
- Varada Vinayak Temple, Mahad
- Chintamani Temple, Theur
- Girijatmaj Temple, Lenyadri
- Vignahar Temple, Ozar
- Maha Ganapathi Temple, Ranjangaon
Apart from the above some other important and famous temples of Lord Ganesha are,
- Siddhi Vinayaka Temple at Mumbai
- Chintamani Ganesh Temple at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh
- Dhundi Ganapathi Temple at Varanasi (Kasi)
- Uchi Pillaiyar Temple (Rock Fort Temple) at Trichy in Tamil Nadu
- Karpaga Vinayakar Temple (Near Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu)
- Saatchinathaswamy Temple (Near Kumbhakonam)
- Vinayaki Temple (Female form of Lord Ganesha) at Suchindram (Near Kanyakumari)
- Madhur Ganapathi Temple at Kasargod in Kerala
- Gokarna Ganapathi Temple at Gokarna (Karnataka State)
- Idagunji Ganapathi Temple near Murudeshwar (Karnataka state)
- Anegudda Ganapathi Temple at Kumbhasi (near Kundapura in Karnataka State)
- Sharavu Ganapathi Temple at Mangalore
- Sasivekalu and Kadalekalu Ganapathi Temples at Hampi (Karnataka State)
- Dodda Ganesha Temple at Bangalore
- Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple at Kanipakam (Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh)
- Paathala Ganapathi Temple at Sri Kalahasthi (Near Tirupathi)
- Saakshi Ganapathi Temple at Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)
- While the above list is not exhaustive; there are several other important temples of Lord Ganesha in the states of Orissa, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim and Madhya Pradesh.
