Ganesh Festival @ Pune 2012

Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati

The temple was founded in 1893 by Dagadusheth Halwai, a sweetmart seller who became a wealthy businessman. Halwai had lost his son the previous year, and at the request of his guru created murtis (image of a deity) of Ganesha and Dattatreya. He later established the Halwai Ganapati Trust. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, during the British Raj, gave a public form to the Ganesh festival celebrations as a way of getting around an order that barred public meetings.

The containt is from website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagadusheth_Halwai_Ganapati_Temple

   

    

   

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Ganpati Visarjan 2012