shiva, shakti (feminine principle in her many forms), vishnu, ganesha and hanuman are some deities which are worshipped all over india. in maharashtra there are many temples devoted to lord shiva. many forms of shiva are worshipped as the kul-devata of many maharashtrian families. khandoba and jyotiba are forms (avatar) of shiva and are very popular […]
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4 Shakti peetha temples in maharashtra | Shakti peetha mandir
shakti peetha temples are seats of adi shakti energy. so they are specially charged spots for shakti worshippers or people devoted to feminine energy or ma parvati. there are total 51 shakti peetha temples in indian sub continent. out of them three and half shakti peethas are in maharashtra. apart from shakti peeths, there are […]
Ashtavinayaka yatra | How to do ashtavinayaka temple yatra
ashtavinayaka temples yatra: ‘ashta’ means eight and ‘vinakaya’ is another name for lord ganesha. ashtavinayaka is a group of 8 ganesha temples around pune. devotees visit these 8 ganesha temple in a sequence and then the journey is considered complete after visiting the first temple (moreshwar) in the end. many tours and packages are there to […]
Chintamani Ganpati temple theur – Ashtavinayak Temple
chintamani ganpati temple in theur, pune is one of the popular ashtavinayak temple. ‘ashta’ means eight and ‘vinayak’ means ganesha. there are 8 ganesha temples around pune (actually 5 in pune, 2 in raigad district and 1 in ahmednagar district) which are are visited by devotees to gain lord ganesha blessings. legend about chintamani temple – each […]
Balumama temple | Visiting Saint balumama temple in kolhapur
balumama is consider a saint by millions of people in maharashtra, karnataka and andhra pradesh. i had never heard about balumama before. but when i visited the kolhapur mahalaxmi temple, then our guide also took us to balumama temple admapur village of kolhapur district in maharashtra. the temple is around 1.5 hrs from kolhapur by road. photo tour of balumama […]
Narsinhwadi datta mandir | Narsobachi wadi datta temple in kolhapur
narsinhwadi or narsobachi wadi is one of the important holy place associated with lord dattatreya and his avatar sri narasimha saraswati. lord dattatreya is very much revered in maharashtra, gujarat, karnataka and andhra pradesh. few important places of lord dattatreya in these states are this narsinhwadi datta mandir in kolhapur, gangapur datta temple in karnataka and girnar in gujarat. sri […]