Twenty One Ganeshwara Kshetras

Moreshwara: Mayuresha Ganesha 25 km from Pune; Prayaga: Omkara Ganapati; Kashi:Dundhi Raja  Ganesha; Kalamba Ganesha at Chintamani Khsetra at Kakambapura near Baraar’s Yavatamala; Adosha Ganapati on Nagpur-Chindwada Railway Line at Samner Station; Pali Ganesha at Pallipura at Ballal Kshetra in Kulaba Dt. Maharashtra; Mangala Ganapati at Pariner on Narmada River banks; Phala chandra Ganesha at Vigjnana Ganesha Kshetra, Parbhani, on  Kachiguda-Manmad Railway Line, Maharashtra; Evura Avighna Ganesha near Pune, Maharashtra; Siddhateka Ganesha at Boribyal on Bhima River bed on Mumbai- Rayachur Railway Line set up by Vishnu before killing Madhhu-Kaitabha Demons; Manipura Ganesha at Rajani Gaon, near Pune installed by Shiva before killing Tripurasura; Analasura Naasha Ganapati at Vijayapura at Vijaya Mangala Station near Erode, Tamilnadu; Kashyapa Ganesha at Kashyapashrama as described in Shastras but  location unknown; Jaleshapura Ganesha built by Maya Danava-location unknown; Lohadri Ganesha at Juvar near Pune, Maharashtra where Devi Parvati worshipped Maha Deva to beget Ganesha as son; Berol Ganesha at Ghrishneshwar Jyotir Linga Temple near Ellra , Aaurangabad, Maharashtra where Maha Deva worshipped before killing Tarakasura; Padmalaya Ganesha at Pravala Kshetra at Pachora Junction on Mumbai-Bhusaval Railway Line as worshipped by Kartaveeryarjuna ; Subhuddhi Ganesha at Namalgaon, Jalna Station on Kachiguda-Manmad Railway Line where Yama Dharma Raja worshipped; Ganapati Rajor near Jalna Station,  Maharashtra where Ganesha made hisUpadesha of Ganesha  Gita to King Varenya after Ganesha helped him to kill Sindhurasura; and Sudha Ganesha at Kumbhakonam, Tamilnadu where Devas worshipped Ganesha before ‘Amrita Mathana’.

Sri V.D.N.Rao and Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

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