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Kasba Peth, Pune, Maharashtra · 18.5189°, 73.8569°
The shrine of Pune's gramadevata, traditionally traced to Jijabai Bhosale's arrival in the city around 1630. It ranks as the first of the Manacha Ganpati and was central to Bal Gangadhar Tilak's 1893 reshaping of the Ganesh festival into a public 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 image is said to have been self-manifested and no bigger than a grain of rice at first, growing to its present size under successive coats of red sandalwood paste.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Maratha (Bhosale)
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