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An illustration of a south Indian gopuram, standing for Shri Varadvinayak Temple, Mahad

Ganapathi · Raigad, Maharashtra

Shri Varadvinayak Temple, Mahad

Varadvinayak, the giver of boons, with a lamp burning since 1892

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The temple in short

Deity
Varadvinayak, the giver of boons, with a lamp burning since 1892
Where
Raigad, Maharashtra · 18.83N 73.29E
Usual hours
5 am – 1 pm, 4 pm – 9 pm — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling. Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Ketu
Visited for
The fourth Ashtavinayak, where devotees may enter the sanctum themselves. The Nandadeep has burnt without a break for over a century.
Kept for Ketu, one of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.

Where it is

Shri Varadvinayak Temple, Mahad, Raigad, Maharashtra. The dot is the town, to about a kilometre — the gazetteer does not hold the gopuram's own coordinates.

Others within reach

Nearest first, by straight-line distance

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Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.