Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir, Prabhadevi
S.K. Bole Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai · Lord Ganesha as Siddhivinayak, 'the wish-granting Vinayaka', with a right-turned trunk
Mumbai's most beloved Ganesha: a right-trunked black-stone idol from 1801, now inside a six-storey temple with a gold dome, where lakhs queue every Tuesday.
Siddhivinayak is the most visited Ganesha temple in Mumbai and one of the richest temple trusts in the city. The temple was first consecrated on Thursday 19 November 1801 as a small brick shrine around a black stone Ganesha whose trunk turns to the right, a form considered especially powerful and demanding of strict worship. Between 1990 and 1994 it was rebuilt as a six-storey stone temple with a gold-plated central dome. Film stars, politicians and ordinary Mumbaikars come before new ventures, exams and journeys, and Tuesdays and Sankashti Chaturthi draw the biggest crowds.
Timings
- Wed – Mon: 5:30 AM (Kakad Aarti) – 9:50 PM (Shej Aarti)
- Tuesday: 3:15 AM – about 12:00 midnight (main doors close 11:30 PM)
- Naivedya (daily): 12:05 – 12:30 PM
- Pooja booking counter: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM daily
- Special days: Sankashti, Vinayaki Chaturthi, Maghi Ganesh Jayanti and Bhadrapad Ganesh Chaturthi have their own schedules (see below)
Darshan types and costs
- General queue darshan – Free
- Mukh darshan / stage and mezzanine darshan – Free
- Time-slot / appointment darshan (app) – Check official app
- Ashirvachan Pooja (with priest's blessing) – ₹1,500
- Personalized online darshan – Check official site
Sevas and costs
- 1 Aavartan Panchamrut Pooja – ₹501 (Daily, 8:00 – 10:00 AM)
- 11 Aavartan Shodashopchar Pooja – ₹1,001 (Daily, 8:00 – 10:00 AM)
- Ashirvachan Pooja – ₹1,500 (Daily, 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM)
- Shree Satyanarayan Mahapooja – ₹5,001 (1:00 PM, as per muhurat)
- Shree Satya Vinayak Mahapooja – ₹5,555 (Fridays only, 1:00 PM, as per muhurat)
- Atharvashirsha Sahastra Aavartan – ₹8,888 (normal days); ₹11,001 on Tuesdays; ₹15,001 on Sankashti / Vinayaki Chaturthi (9:30 – 11:30 AM only) (7:30 – 9:30 AM and 9:30 – 11:30 AM (two poojas daily))
- Sahastra Namavali – ₹5,001 (Daily, 7:00 – 8:30 AM, 8:30 – 10:00 AM, 10:00 – 11:30 AM)
- Atharvashirsha Havan – ₹1,00,000 (8:30 AM – 12:30 PM, as per available muhurat)
- Two-Wheeler Vehicle Pooja – ₹751 (Daily, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM)
- Four-Wheeler Vehicle Pooja – ₹2,501 (Daily, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM)
How to book darshan
Poojas are booked at the Pooja Booking Counter (7 AM – 7 PM) or online; darshan slots, online pooja and donations are in the official app.
Dress code
The trust asks devotees to wear clothes in keeping with Indian culture and not to enter in indecent, vulgar or revealing clothing.
Best time to visit
Weekday mornings (Wednesday–Friday) are quietest. Avoid Tuesdays, Sankashti and Angaraki Chaturthi, and the Ganeshotsav week if you dislike crowds. Mumbai's monsoon (June–September) is wet but does not stop darshan.
How to reach
- air: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is about 12 km (45–90 minutes by road, depending on traffic).
- rail: Dadar station (Western and Central lines) is about 1.5–2 km away; Prabhadevi (Western line) is about 1 km. Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Aqua Line) has a Siddhivinayak station nearby.
- road: Taxis and buses reach S.K. Bole Marg, Prabhadevi; parking is very limited.
Festivals
- Angaraki Sankashti Chaturthi – When Sankashti falls on a Tuesday (2026: 6 Jan, 5 May, 29 Sep)
- Sankashti Chaturthi – Monthly, 4th day after full moon (e.g. 29 Oct 2026, 27 Nov 2026, 26 Dec 2026)
- Maghi Ganesh Jayanti – Magh Shukla Chaturthi (2026: 21 Feb)
- Bhadrapad Ganesh Chaturthi (Ganeshotsav) – Aug/Sep (2026: 14 Sep)
- Vinayaki Chaturthi – Monthly, 4th day after new moon
- Other observances – Through the year