Sidhivinayak Temple (Mumbai)

Siddhivinayak Temple

State :- Maharashtra

District / Taluka :- Mumbai / Prabhadevi.

Best time to visit Siddhivinayak Temple :-  

Any time you can visit the temple because it is a famous temple in Mumbai and also called as Navsacha Ganpati.

Various ways to reach Siddhivinayak Temple :-

Way from Pune to Siddhivinayak Temple : - 

There are trains available from Pune from morning 6:00 am is Indryani Express, 7:05 Deccan Express, 8:05 Pragati Express which takes us directly till Dadar station. ST (State Transport) Buses are also available from Pune to Dadar. Reach Dadar from there hardly 15 mins to reach Siddhivinayak Temple.
 

Way from Nashik to Siddhivinayak Temple :-

 There are trains available from Nashik to Mumbai the timings and the names of the trains are (11025) Manmad Pune express at 5:10 am, (12618) Mangala Lakshadeep Express at 5:20 am, (12110) Panchavati express 7:10 am.
   

Way from Goa to Siddhivinayak Temple :-

Trains from Goa are available for Mumbai they are (12431) Rajdhani Express 10:10 am, (12449) Goa Smprk Express at 11:20 am 

Description for Siddhivinayak Temple : -

Siddhivinayak Temple was built in 19th November 1801 by Laxman Vithu and Deubai Patil. Before the temple was very small. The glory of the temple is brought by the Bollywood film stars and the Politicians whenever they come to take the blessings of Ganesha. The Sidhivinayak temple is also known as Navsacha Ganpati. There is also a small mandap in the temple in which we can say our wishes to lord Ganesha. There are images of Ashtavinayak which are on every door of the temple. The inner side of the temple is plated with gold. In the Siddhivinayak Temple there is also a Hanuman temple. The temple was under the construction of Laxman Vithu Patil. Rich Agri women Deubai Patil funded the building, so that lord Ganesha should grant the children to the barren womens.
    

The area of the temple was 2550 sq. ft. which had Deepmalas of 3.6m; there is also a rest house for the caretakers to live. On the east and the south side of the temple there was a joint lake. In 19th Century the lake was dugged by Nardulla. In the year 1960 the glory of the temple spread all over and more people started visiting, however in the same year the little area of the temple was sold by the owner.
   

 Every year the donation of the Siddhivinayak temple goes around 150 million, from this we come to know that it is the richest temple trust in the Mumbai city. The mismanaging of donation was occurred by the trusties of the temple in the year 2004.In 2006 the Bombay High court ordered Keval Semlani the petitioner of the temple and the trusties to prepare some Suggestive Guidelines for using the funds of the temple.

Places to visit near Siddhivinayak Temple :-

   

Albert Museum – It is almost 4 to 5 kms from Siddhivinayak Temple.
   

Shirdi Mumbai – It is about 10 kms from Siddhivinayak Temple, minimum 20 mins to reach is enough.

Hotels Nearby Siddhivinayak Temple :-

Hotel Avon Ruby near railway station, Hotel Bawa Regency near Gokuldas Pasta road Dadar east, 

Hotel Midtown Pritam 3 kms from Siddhivinayak Temple.