- Ranjangaon Ganpati
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Ranjangaon Ganpati is one among the Ashtavinayak, celebrating eight instances of legends related to Ganesha.
According to the history the temple was built in between 9th and 10th century. Madhavrao Peshwa made a room in the basement of the temple to keep the idol of the lord Ganesh. Later on Sardar Kibe of Indore renovated it. Nagarkhana is situated above the entrance gate. Main temple looks like temple from Peshwa's period. Temple facing east has huge & beautiful entrance gate.
You will be surprised to know that the idol of these lord Ganesh is also named as 'Mahotkat', and it is said that the idol has 10 trunks and 20 hands.
While going from the Pune - Nagar high way the route is Pune - Koregaon - then via Shikrapur Rajangaon is 21 km before Shirur. From Pune it is 50 km.
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Hindu Temples in Maharashtra Alandi • Ashtavinayaka (Morgaon, Siddhatek, Pali, Mahad, Theur, Lenyadri, Ozar, Ranjangaon) • Bhimashankar Temple • Bhuleshwar Temple • Chaturshringi Temple • Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple • Dashabhuja Temple • Ganapati Temple, Redi • Grishneshwar • Jejuri • Kailash Temple • Kalaram Temple • Kopineshwar Mandir, Thane • Kukdeshwar Temple • Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur • Mahalakshmi Temple, Mumbai • Mahur Renuka Temple • Mandher Devi Temple in Mandhradevi • Mumba Devi Temple • Nerul Balaji Temple, Maharashtra • Panchavati • Patit Pavan Mandir • Rameshwar Mandir • Saptashrungi • Sarasbaug Ganpati • Satpuda Manudevi Temple, Adgaon • Shani Shingnapur • Shegaon • Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai • Siddheshwar & Ratneshwar Temple • Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai • Titwala Ganesha temple • Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple • Tulja Bhavani Temple • Vajreshwari Temple • Vithoba Temple, Pandharpur • Yamai
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