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श्रीमंत दगडूशेठ हलवाई गणपती
Pune, Maharashtra · 18.5164°, 73.8561°
Pune's best-known Ganesha temple, visited by well over a hundred thousand devotees a year and the focus of a prominent ten-day Ganeshotsav celebration.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The sweet-seller Dagadusheth Halwai and his wife Laxmibai are said to have founded the shrine on a sage's advice after losing their only son in a plague.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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