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Shrimant Bhausaheb Rangari Ganapati Temple
Pune, Maharashtra · 18.5175°, 73.8555°
GaneshaModern—
Sacred since
1892 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1892
Modern
History & significance
The Ganesha installed here in 1892 by Bhausaheb Lakshman Jawle, known as Shrimant Bhausaheb Rangari, was the focus of India's first sarvajanik or public Ganesh celebration. The wood-and-bran idol shows Ganesha slaying a demon, an image the freedom-fighter founder intended as the victory of good over evil.