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Dashabhuja Ganapati Temple
Pune, Maharashtra · 18.5058°, 73.8258°
Ganapati (ten-armed, right-turned trunk)PeshwaWest Indian
Sacred since
1700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Peshwa era
Peshwa
History & significance
A Ganesha temple at Erandwane on Karve Road in Pune, once held by Haripant Phadke, a sardar of the Peshwas, and later given to the Peshwas as dowry. Its image is prized for a trunk turning to the right, a form regarded as rarer and more sacred, and the shrine draws large crowds through Ganesh Chaturthi.