Tuesday 1 April 2014

Sarasbaug Ganpati

Sarasbaug ganpati temple is run under the auspices of Shree Devdeveshwar Sansthan, Parvati and Kothrud. The Sarasbaug temple houses the idol of Shree Siddhivinayak (God who makes wishes true).A sacred ground of faith for millions of devotees in Pune and around the world, on an average the Sarasbaug temple receives ten thousand visitors a day and this figure goes upto eighty thousand devotees per day on Ganesha Chaturthi and other special occasions.Various dignitaries and luminaries through out India have made it a point to visit this sacred temple and seek the blessings of Shree Shiddivinayak.
Sarasbaug Ganpati (Talyatla Ganpati)
Saras Baug is a major landmark in City of Pune in India.The place where the park now stands    was once occupied by a small lake. However, the lake got dried up and was later developed into Saras Baug. The whole 25-acre complex is known as Saras Baug. The Ganesh temple in SarasBaug is also known as Talyatla Ganpati (in Marathi:तळ्यातला गणपती ).

Talyatla Ganpati
Sarasbaug Ganpati (Talyatla Ganpati)

































The Construction of the Temple started in 1750 under the direction of the Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa and Mahadji Shinde of the Maratha confederacy. The temple construction completed in 1784 with the idol of Hindu Lord Ganesh in the temple.The temple was built in the Lake near the Parvati Temple which was also the primary residence of the Head of the Maratha confederacy.Several renovations were done to the temple and the area surrounding it in the last 219 years. One of the renovation was done in 1842 with the help of East India Company of the British empire.
The last major renovation was done in 1969 under the direction Mahadev Kumthekar and Anandrao Mane. As part of the last renovation a Zoo called Peshwe Park was added to this 25-acre (10 ha) area. Then starting in 1999 and ending in 2005, the animals at the zoo were all moved to the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park South of the city.This garden and Temple are one of the primary landmarks of Pune.
In 1995 a small museum displaying over few hundred idols of Lord Ganesha was added to the temple premise.



Sawai Madhavrao Peshwe

                                    
                           
Sarasbaug Ganpati Temple
                                                      



Parvati View (Parvati Darshan) From Sarasbaug

Fishpond In Sarasbaug

Beautiful Flowers In Lotus


































Peshwe Urja Park

Solar Panel at Pershwe Urja Park

Fulrani Train For Kids At Peshwe Park









1 comment:

  1. I really loved all the pictures. Thanks for sharing. An eclectic variety of places to visit in Pune spoil one for choice. Especially, the ones craving for some old world charm may look forward to a world of delightful old historical places to visit in Pune such as Korigad Fort, Sinhagad Fort, and Rajgad Fort. This is just scratchin the surface as there are countless other places to visit in Pune spanning genres as diverse as nature, art, history, and religion. Check out more about Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park Pune.

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