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The
Shri
Siddhivinayak
Ganapati
Mandir
is
a
Hindu
temple
dedicated
to
Ganesha.
It
is
located
in
Prabhadevi
neighbourhood
of
Mumbai,
Maharashtra,
India.
It
was
originally
built
by
Laxman
Vithu
and
Deubai
Patil
on
19
November
1801.
It
is
one
of
the
most
popular
Hindu
temples
in
Mumbai.
The
temple
has
a
small
mandap
with
the
shrine
for
Siddhi
Vinayak
("Ganesha
who
grants
your
wish").
The
wooden
doors
to
the
sanctum
are
carved
with
images
of
the
Ashtavinayak
(the
eight
manifestations
of
Ganesha
in
Maharashtra).
The
inner
roof
of
the
sanctum
is
plated
with
gold,
and
the
central
statue
is
of
Ganesha.
In
the
periphery,
there
is
a
Hanuman
temple
as
well.
The
exterior
of
the
temple
consists
of
a
dome
which
is
lit
up
with
multiple
colors
in
the
evenings
and
they
keep
changing
every
few
hours.
The
statue
of
Shri
Ganesha
is
located
exactly
under
the
dome.
The
pillars
are
carved
out
with
the
images
of
ashtvinayak.
It
was
constructed
on
19
November
1801.
The
original
structure
of
the
Siddhivinayak
Temple
was
a
small
3.6
meter
x
3.6
meters
square
brick
structure
with
a
dome-shaped
brick
shikhara.
The
temple
was
built
by
the
contractor
Laxman
Vithu
Patil.
The
building
was
funded
by
a
rich
Agri
woman
named
Deubai
Patil.
Childless
due
to
infertility,
Deaubai
built
the
temple
so
that
Ganesha
should
grant
children
to
other
infertile
women.
Ramakrishna
Jambhekar
Maharaj,
a
disciple
of
the
Hindu
saint
Akkalkot
Swami
Samarth,
buried
two
divine
idols
in
the
front
of
the
presiding
deity
of
the
temple
on
the
orders
of
his
guru.
It
is
claimed
that
after
21
years
of
the
burial
of
the
icons,
a
mandar
tree
grew
at
that
spot
with
a
svayambhu
Ganesha
in
its
branches
–
as
prophesied
by
Swami
Samartha.
The
2550
temple
complex
had
two
3.6
meter
Deepamalas,
a
rest
house
and
living
quarters
for
the
caretaker.
It
had
an
adjoining
lake,
30
x
40
square
meters
in
size
on
the
eastern
and
southern
side
of
the
temple.
The
lake,
dug
by
Nardulla
in
the
early
19th
century
to
counter
the
scarcity
of
water,
was
filled
up
in
the
later
years
and
the
land
is
now
not
part
of
the
temple
complex.
Around
1952,
a
small
Hanuman
shrine
was
built
in
the
temple
complex
for
the
Hanuman
icon
that
was
found
during
the
road
extension
project
of
Sayani
Road
near
Elphinstone
Road.
In
the
1950s
and
60s,
the
fame
of
the
temple
spread
and
a
significant
number
of
devotees
began
visiting.
However,
in
the
same
period,
the
owner
of
the
plot
sold
some
of
the
temple
land,
reducing
the
complex
area.
After
1975,
the
number
of
devotees
increased
dramatically.
