Titwala Temple

The popular Siddhivinayak Mahaganpati Temple is located near Kalyan at Titwala. Titwala in the district of Thane is famous for two sacred places of pilgrimage, the Mahaganesha Temple and the old temple of Shri Vitthal.The Titwala Ganesh temple is very ancient and built in a typical architectural style of Maharashtra.

Devotees from mumbai throng to the temple of Mahaganesha on Tuesdays, Sankashtis, Ganesh Chaturthi & Maghi Chaturthi to have darshan of this holly idol. A pilgrim centre sacred twice over-for its Mahaganpati Temple and the temple of Shri Vithoba.

Another facinating temple is the one at Ambarnath, dating back to the 11th century, and in the 'Hemadpanti' style of architecture. By propitating Ganesh Idol, Consecrated by sage Kanva, Devi Shakuntala & king Dushyant came together after a long period of disagreement. Shakuntala & king Dushyant got married here only. Idol from Mahabharat period had vanished, while constructing lake peshwa saradar Ramchandra Mehendale got the present idol. The Madhavrao Peshwe consecrated this idol.

If Mahaganapati is worshipped regularly marriages of desired people can be fixed easily. If Mahaganpati is propitlated properly, conflicts between husband & wife come to end. Those who desires to have son, will get son. In Mahaganpati's temple, there is sanctum of Lord Shivshankar towards right. In the right hand corner of the sanctum, padukas of great Ganesh devotees late Shri Vengaonkar Joshi are consecrated. Devotes should take darshan of these padukas. Since Mahaganapatis idol was worshipped properly & scientifically by sages in ancient times, today also idol looks alive.

Ther is a temple of Vithoba - Rukmini near Mahaganpati's temple. One iron tube is sent out of sanctum of this temple. It is said that sound of Bhajans (holy songs in praise of God) going on in the temple of Pandharpur can be heard from this tube.

You can also visit nearly places like satis memorial, jaypal maharaj's Samadhi, shiv temple in vasundry village. Lodging & boarding arrangements are availabe with ancestral poojary Shri Govindrao Joshi. Private hotels & lodges are available in Titwala. Titwala is a third railway station from Kalyan on Mumbai-Nashik railway line. Titwala, Asangaon, Kasara locals are available from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus of Mumbai.

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