Dashabhuja Temple
Maharashtra
The Dashabhuja Temple is a Hindu temple in Pune, in the Maharashtra state of India. This temple was once owned by Sardar Haripant Phadke, a Sardar of Peshwa and was later donated to the Peshwas as dowry. Dashabhuja Ganapati temple is visited by thousands of devotees every day and the number increases during Ganesh Chaturthi. The idol of Ganpati or Ganesh seen here has his elephant trunk resting on his right-hand side, which is supposed to be rarer and more sacred than other forms of the Ganesh idol.
From the Wikipedia article Dashabhuja Ganapati Temple, Pune, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Shivajinagar railway station (SVJR), about 5 km by road.
- By air: Pune Airport (PNQ), about 16 km by road.
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