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The
Dagadusheth
Halwai
Ganapati
temple
in
Pune
is
dedicated
to
the
Hindu
god
Ganesh.
The
temple
is
visited
by
over
hundred
thousand
pilgrims
every
year.The
temple
celebrated
125
years
of
its
Ganapati
in
the
year
2017.Shrimant
Dagadusheth
Halwai
and
his
wife
Laxmibai
was
a
Lingayat
trader
and
sweet
maker
from
Karnataka
and
settled
in
Pune.
After
he
gained
fame
as
a
halwai,
that
became
his
surname.
His
original
halwai
shop
still
exists
under
the
name
"Dagdusheth
Halwai
Sweets"
near
Datta
Mandir
in
Pune.
Eventually
he
became
a
successful
sweet
seller
and
a
rich
businessman.
In
the
later
1800s,
they
lost
their
two
sons
(Ram
and
Lakshman)
in
a
plague
epidemic.
Later,
as
they
did
not
have
any
heir,
Dagdusheth
adopted
his
nephew
Govindsheth
(born
1865)
who
was
9
years
old
at
the
time
of
their
death.
Govindsheth
was
born
in
1891
in
Pune.
He
replaced
the
first
Ganesh
idol
by
a
new
one,
with
the
first
one
still
being
present
at
Akra
Maruti
Chowk
.
A
kind-hearted
and
generous
man,
he
established
one
more
Ganesh
idol
in
wrestlers
training
center,
which
is
called
Jagoba
Dada
Talim.
This
talim
was
owned
by
Dagdusheth
as
he
was
also
a
former
wrestling
trainer.
One
of
the
chowk
(area)
in
Pune
is
named
Govind
Halwai
Chowk,
after
him.
Along
with
his
mother,
Govindsheth
handled
all
the
programmes
like
Ganesh
Utsav,
Datta
Jayanti
and
other
festivities.
The
residence
where
they
resided
is
now
known
as
Laxmibai
Dagdusheth
Halwai
Sansthan
Datta
Mandir
Trust.
Laxmi
Road
in
Pune
is
named
after
Laxmibai
Dagdusheth
halwai.
Govindsheth
died
in
1943.
His
son
Dattatray
Govindsheth
Halwai,
born
in
1926,
was
the
one
who
established
the
third
Ganesh
idol
replacing
the
second.
This
idol,
known
as
Navasacha
Ganpati,
is
the
one
that
is
present
today
in
the
Dagdusheth
temple.
Lokmanya
Tilak
and
Bhausaheb
Rangari,
the
Indian
Nationalist
leader
and
a
contemporary
of
Dagdusheth,
were
close
friends
of
Govindsheth.
Tilak
saw
Govindsheth's
dedication
and
also
the
construction
of
the
temple,
and
it
was
here
that
the
idea
of
celebrating
public
Ganesh
festival
struck
him.
It
proved
to
be
an
epoch-making
event
in
Indian
history.
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