About Mahad:
Mahad village is situated in Khalapur taluka of Raigad District.Mahad is surrounded by picturesque surrounding.In monsoon beauty of Mahad is undescrible.Population is very thin.
Getting There:
- Mumbai - Mahad is 63 Kms. On Mumbai - Panvel - Khopoli road, 6 kms. Before Khopli a road towards right of village Hal, goes to Mahad.
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On Mumbai- Pune railway line, Mahad is at a distance of 24 Kms from Karjat & at a distance of 6 kms from Khopoli
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Regular State Transport buses & Muncipal Corporation buses are available from Khopoli & Karjat.
Shree
Varadvinayak's Temple and Idol:
Shree
Dhondu Paudkar in 1690 A.D found the swayambhu idol of shree varadvinayak
in al lake.This idol was kept in a nearby goddess temple for some
time.afterwards in 1725 A.D Varadvinayak temple was built by peshva
sardar ramji mahadev biwalkar & he gifted this to the Village.
Temple has been recently renovated by the trustees.The old temple
used to look like a house with tiled roof.There is a Gomukh towards
north.holy watre comes out of this gomukh.lake is at the west.Temple
is 8 feet long and 8 feet broad.Dome is 25 feet high with golden
pinnacle.
the original idol of the varadvinayak can be seen outside the sanctum,Since
the idol was in badly weathered condition,temple trustees immersed
that idol and consecrated new idol in that place.However,such a
decision by the trustees was objected by few people and suit was
filed in district court.Two stone idols of Siddhi and Riddhi will
be een in the sanctum.Two ganesh idols are situated in the two corners.Idol
in the left corner is smeared in vermillion and idol in the right
is made up of white marble with trunk turned to the right.The idol
is in sitting position,with the trunk turned to the left.The idol
faces east.
|| Shreemad Varad Vinayako Vijayate ||
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