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Shree
Varadvinayak(Mahad)
About Mahad:
Mahad village is situated in Khalapur taluka of Raigad District.Mahad is
surrounded by picturesque surrounding.In monsoon beauty of Mahad is
undescrible.Population is very thin.
Getting There:
Mumbai - Mahad is 63 Kms. On Mumbai - Panvel - Khopoli road, 6 kms. Before
Khopli a road towards right of village Hal, goes to Mahad.
On Mumbai- Pune railway line, Mahad is at a distance of 24 Kms from Karjat
& at a distance of 6 kms from Khopoli
Regular State Transport buses & Muncipal Corporation buses are available
from Khopoli & Karjat.
Shree Varadvinayak's Temple and Idol:
Shree Dhondu Paudkar in 1690 A.D found the swayambhu idol of shree
varadvinayak in al lake.This idol was kept in a nearby goddess temple for
some time.afterwards in 1725 A.D Varadvinayak temple was built by peshva
sardar ramji mahadev biwalkar & he gifted this to the Village.
Temple has been recently renovated by the trustees.The old temple used to
look like a house with tiled roof.There is a Gomukh towards north.holy
watre comes out of this gomukh.lake is at the west.Temple is 8 feet long
and 8 feet broad.Dome is 25 feet high with golden pinnacle.
the original idol of the varadvinayak can be seen outside the
sanctum,Since the idol was in badly weathered condition,temple trustees
immersed that idol and consecrated new idol in that place.However,such a
decision by the trustees was objected by few people and suit was filed in
district court.Two stone idols of Siddhi and Riddhi will be een in the
sanctum.Two ganesh idols are situated in the two corners.Idol in the left
corner is smeared in vermillion and idol in the right is made up of white
marble with trunk turned to the right.The idol is in sitting position,with
the trunk turned to the left.The idol faces east.
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