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Ganesh in Nandikeshwar temple, Nandihills, Bangalore

June 29, 2010Yogesh Joshi1 comment

Ganesh in Nandikeshwara Temple, Nandihills.

Nandikeshwara Temple, Nandihills.

Entrance of Nandikeshwara Temple, Nandihills.

Ganesh in Gandhinagar, Bangalore

June 15, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Ganesh in Gandhinagar, Bangalore.

This Ganesh is in a very small temple in Gandhinagar, Bangalore next to Sapna bookhouse.

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Dashabhuja Ganapati, Shriram Nagar, Belgaum

May 22, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Dashabhuja Ganapati, Belgaum.

This Dashabhuja Ganapati is in Shriram Nagar on Air port road, Belgaum.

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Ganapati in Ganapat Galli, Belgaum

May 16, 2010Yogesh Joshi2 comments

Ganapati in Ganapat Galli, Belgaum

This Ganesh is in a temple on the Ganapat Galli (Street) main road, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.

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Balamuri Ganesh in Rajajinagar, Bangalore

May 2, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Balamuri Ganapati, Rajajinagar, Bangalore

Balamuri Ganapati temple is near the State Bank of India branch in Manjunathnagar, Rajajinagar 5th Block, Bangalore. This temple is very close to the famous Ram Mandir in Rajajinagar, Bangalore.

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Ganesh Temple in Sulebhavi, Belgaum

April 24, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Ganesh in Sulebhavi, Belgaum

Ganesh Temple in Sulebhavi. Belgaum

This Ganesh temple is on the way to the famous Mahalakshmi temple of Sulebhavi, Belgaum.

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Ganesha in Kurumarimma Devi Temple, Bangalore

March 21, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Ganesha in Kurumarimma Devi Temple, Bangalore

Ganesh in Kurumarimma Devi Temple, 14th Cross, Mahalakshmi Layout, Bangalore – 560086
Karnataka, INDIA.

Location on Google Map.

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Ganesh in Prasanna Veeranjanaya Temple, Bangalore

March 18, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Ganesh in Prasanna Veeranjanaya Temple, Bangalore

Ganesh in Prasanna Veeranjanaya Temple, Mahalakshmi Layout, Bangalore.

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Shakti Sahita Dasha Baahu Sree Mahaganapathi, Ragigudda, Bangalore

March 16, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Shakti Sahita Dasha Baahu Sree Mahaganapathi

Reference: http://www.ragigudda.org

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Shree Abhaya Mahaganapati, Kukke

March 14, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Shree Abhaya Mahaganapathi, Kukke

It is situates on the left side of the main road to Kumaradhara, about 0.45 KM from the main temple. It is one of the biggest monolithic statues of Ganapati. It is 21 feet tall. The architecture of the shrine is in Nepali style.

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Siddha Ganapati, Gokarna

March 12, 2010Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Siddha Ganapati, Gokarna

Gokarna Ganapati Temple is one of the famous and very old Siddha Ganapati shrines in the State. The temple has a 5 ft tall idol of Lord Ganapati in the form of a young Brahmin. It is in the same premises as the Gokarna Mahabaleshwar. It was here that Lord Ganapati disguised as a young Brahmin and secured the sacred shivling from the hands of the demon Ravana. It is considered auspicious to offer worship here before proceeding to visit Gokarna Mahabaleshwar.

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Hindalga Ganapati, Belgaum

November 20, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Hindalga Ganesh, Belgaum

The Hindalga Ganesh Temple is in Belgaum, Karnataka. This is also known as Nagtya Ganpati.

Now under the maintenance of the MLIRC.

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Panchamukhi Ganapati, Bangalore

November 16, 2009Yogesh Joshi2 comments

Panchamukhi Ganapathi, Mahalakshmi Layout, Bangalore.

Panchamukhi Ganapathi, Butter Decoration.

In 1977AD a devotee of Lord Ganesha gave a 1acre land to the Shree Ganesha Trust to construct the temple. After seven years, Smt. Kamalamma and Shri C. L. Lakshmanaraju sponsored the cost for the Panchamukhi idol of Lord Ganesha. On 6th Feb, 1984 the Ganesh Pratisthanapa happened under the guidance of Shri Shri Shri Abhinava Vidyateertha Swami of Sharatha Peetha Shrungeri.

Panchamukhi Ganesha one of the very famous Ganesha temples in Bangalore.

I would like to thank the temple trust members who provided me with the photograph of the idol to put on this blog.

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Ganesha in Kalika Durgaparameshwari Temple, Bangalore

November 12, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Ganesha in Kalika Durgaparameshwari Temple, Bangalore

This Ganesha is in one of the small temples in the Shri Kalika Durgaparameshwari (Godess Durga) temple in Vidyaranyapura, Durgadevi Layout, Bangalore.

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Idagunji Ganesh

November 10, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Idagunji Ganesh

Idagunji is a sacred place of Hindu worship in Honnavara taluk of Uttara Kannada (North Canara) district in Karnataka. The famous temple at Idagunji dedicated to Lord Ganapati is the main attraction, receiving more than 1 million devotees per year. Idagunji is about 14 kms southeast of Honnavar.

The two handed Ganapati is holding Modaka and Padma (Lotus) in his hands. According to the legend Lord Ganapati stayed in the place Kunjaranya which is now renowned as Idagunji (Idakuñja). It is said to be a place of penance selected by ancient Rishies (Saints).

Wikimapia link: http://wikimapia.org/1913882/Idagunji-Maha-Ganapati-idol

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Anegudde Ganesh, Kumbhashi

November 8, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Anegudde Ganesh, Kumbhashi

Anegudde is a village in the Kundapura taluq of Udupi district, India. The village is also known as ‘Kumbashi’ or ‘Kumbhashi’. Here, Lord Ganapathi is also called, ‘Siddhi Vinakaya’ and ‘Sarva Siddhi Pradaayaka’, the provider of all boons. People come here with all kinds of wishes. The Lord Vinayaka here is said to fulfill all the wishes of his devotees.

Anegudde is considered one of the seven ‘mukti sthalas’ in coastal Karnataka (Parashurama kshetra). here ganapathy is viewed as a form of vishnu

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Sasivekalu Ganesha, Hampi

October 3, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

Sasivekalu Ganesha is located on the southern foothill of the Hemakuta Hill in Hampi. This monolithic statue carved out of a huge boulder measures about 2.4 meters (8 feet). An open pavilion is build around the statue.

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Kadalekalu Ganesha, Hampi

October 1, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

This giant statue of Ganesha was carved out of a huge boulder at the northeastern slope of the Hemakuta hill in Hampi. This 4.5 meters (15 feet) tall statue is one among the largest sculptures in Hampi.

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Ganesha, Gonnagar

September 29, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

This idol is in one of the Ganesha temple in Gonnagar near Ramdurga.

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Ganesha, Gonnagar

September 27, 2009Yogesh JoshiLeave a comment

This Ganesha idol is in Gonnagar, a place near Ramdurg. It is placed below the tree which was planted by Shri Chidambareshwara Swami about 205 years back after the completion of the great Soma Yaga.

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