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This is the last temple in the Ashtvinayak Yatra , Shree MahaGanapati of Ranjangaon
Yaha Shree Shambhuvarprada Sutapasa Namna Sahastra Swakam Datwa Shree Vijay Padam Shivkar Tasme Prasannaha Prabhu
Ten Sthapit Eva Sadgunavapu Kshetre Sada Tishtati
Tam Vande Manipurke Ganapati Devam Mahant Mudra
MeaningGod Shiva got a boon from Lord Ganesha to win all the battles, who has given a boon to God Shiva, who is very pleasant, who is having all virtues, who lives in Manipur(alias Ranjangaon). I salute that God with pleasure.
Temple facing east has huge and beautiful entrance gate. Statues of two doorkeepers namely Jay and Vijay are present near the gateway. Nagarkhana is situated above the entrance gate. Main temple looks like temple from Peshwa's period. It is so constructed that sun rays fall directly on Shri Ganesha's image. 
Maha-Ganapati means the powerful Ganesha. Maha Ganapati has 8,10, or 12 hands. God Shiva did penance of this Maha-Ganapati and won the battle against Tripurasur. That is why this is also called as Tripurarivarad Maha-Ganapati. Lord Maha-Ganapati of Ranjangaon of the Ashtavinayaka place in Shirur Taluka of Pune District. This is also one of the twenty-one places of Lord Ganesha's from mythology.
This is the metallic tortoise on the floor which is exactly in front to the temple.
After entering into the inner pandal in the nave there is idol of Maha Ganapati with its trunk on his left side. There are idols of Riddhi & Siddhi each on the sides of the Maha Ganapati. There is an underground room below the idol and there is one smaller idol of Maha Ganapati in that room. That is original idol. That idol has ten trunks and twenty hands. The similar idol was with general Peshwa’s Haripant Phadke. In the temple compound one can see old temple pillars. From that it was confirmed that the temple was built in 9th-10th century.
Stories about Shree Maha GanapatiLong ago in Treta-yuga there lived a great sage called Gritsamada. One day Gritsamada sneezed and a boy of red colour came out from his nose. He accepted him as his son, he said to his father, when I grow up I will rule all the worlds [Triloka-Prithvi (earth), Swarg(heaven) & Patal (hell)]. Sage Gritsamada told him to do penance with the mantra `Gananam Twam Ganapati’ (This mantra was composed by Sage Gritsamada). He did penance for five thousand years. Lord Ganesha gave him boon of power of strength. Lord Ganesha also gave him three towns, which had plenty of iron, gold & silver. Lord Ganesha said `you will be called as Tripur because you will own these three towns.(Tripur in Marathi means three towns) Only God Shiva would be able to defeat you. You will live happily till God Shiva will destroy everything in one arrow and then he will kill you.
Tripur conquered the universe and then he turned his evil eyes on God Shiva and demanded mountain Kailas from him. God Shiva went to a mountain called Mandar. All gods and goddesses were fed up of Tripur. Tripura came back and defeated all Kings on earth and all Gods of heaven. He had two sons. He gave kingdom of Brahmaloka (Lord Brahma's abode) to one son and Vishnulok (Lord Vishnu's abode) to another son. Narada adviced grief-stricken Gods to worship Lord Ganesh to get rid of the calamity because Tripur became powerful with Lord Ganesha’s blessing, so only Lord Ganesha can tell how to kill Tripur.
Lord Ganesha was pleased with their worship and asked them for a boon. All gods and goddesses requested Lord Ganesha to kill Tripur. Lord Ganesha told them God Shiva would kill Tripur soon. In disguise of Brahmin Lord Ganesh went to Tripur and told him that I know sixty-four arts So I am called as "Kaladhar". I have come to meet you from far hearing your brave stories". Tripurasur replied : "Hey, Kaladhar, you show me your art, if I am pleased, I will give away my life also'. Kaladhar said :"O King, I will give you three aeroplanes. You can go anywhere in the world by this planes. You will get anything you desire. Except Lord Mahadev, nobody can destroy these planes". Tripurasur on being pleased asked Kaladhar to demand anything in the world. Kaladhar demanded idol of Chintamani which was in the possession of Lord Shankar. Shiv Shankara refused to give it to Tripurasur and a war ensued between Shiv Shankara and Tripurasur. All gods started off for the war in a hurry forgetting to worship Ganesh before leaving. Therefore, the Gods lost the battle and Tripurasur found the idol of Chintamani.
While returning back to his kingdom, Chintamani suddenly disappeared from the hands of Tripurasur. Thinking it to be ill omen, he returned back with a heavy heart. Sage Narada told Shankara the true reason of defeat of not worshipping Ganesh before beginning the war. Lord Shankara on getting convinced went to Dandakaranya. He performed Pranayam and chanted six letters Mantra of Ganapati. Ganapati emerged at that time from his face with a peculiar form. He had five faces, ten hands, moon on the crest, garlands of heads on the neck and also the ornament of serpents. He looked both Shankara and Gajanana.
He told Shankara : "In future, when ever you will remember me, I will appear to remove obstacles. After chanting my Bîjâmantra, send an arrow on the aeroplanes of Tripurasur. By that time all these three cities will be burnt. Then you can kill Tripurasur". He also gave Sahasranam Stotra by chanting which one gets victory everywhere, enemies are destroyed and wishes are fulfilled. At that place, Shiva established a Ganesh Temple and around it a city called Manipur, which is presently called as Ranjangaon. The deity here is hence rightly called as Mahaganapati
Shankara went to fight. This time, Prithvi became the chariot, the Sun and Moon the wheels. Brahma Deva was the charioteer. Meru became the bow, Vishnu the arrow. Ashwinikumar become the horses. Shivshankara chanted the Ganesh Sahasranama. To destroy Tripurasura when he released arrow, there was light everywhere. Tripurasura fainted, fell down dead and his three cities were burnt. The demons life came out of his body in the form of Jyoti and entered Shiv Shankar's body.Thus, Gods got their posts and Sages started studying Vedas. All three worlds were happy. .
May this Ashtvinayak Yatra bring us all good luck and fill our lives with lots of joy, success, good health ,contentment and peace of mind...
Message from the teachings of Sai baba for 22nd NovemberDo not Worry, Baba Blesses You
Baba will shower His Infinite Love on those devotees who love all living beings with a pure heart and render service to them as if it were service to Baba. When a wish is in a tender stage of our heart itself or the moment we express the wish, it is instantly fulfilled and several times more beneficial than expected. But, in order to get our wishes fulfilled, we have to surrender ourselves to Baba. Then, all the legitimate desires hidden in our hearts will be fulfilled by Baba. He alone knows what we need and what not. If any one of our wish is not fulfilled, then it should be presumed that Baba thought it otherwise, and would give something more beneficial in near future. A middle class person was worried that he could not buy a scooter. But, having firm faith, he earnestly prayed to Baba. His income steadily increased and he could buy a car by Baba's grace.When we remain as the most loyal servants of Baba, He would solve even the intricate problems with ease. If we tread the Sai Path, repose faith and fervently pray to Him, Baba will work miracles beyond the grasp of our imagination. By trusting Divine Mother Sai with child-like innocence and seeking refuge in Her Warm Lap, we are assured of our success in achieving goals that are not possible by mere human effort. Baba would fulfill our every legitimate desire, asked and unasked.
Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu Gurur Devoh Maheshwar;
Gurur Shakshat Parambramha Tashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"
Gurur Shakshat Parambramha Tashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"
May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families and remove our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and happiness with peace of mind.
Sai bhakt,
Deepa H
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