Lenyadri Girijatmak - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple

► Lenyadri Girijatmak (Ashta Vinayak)
(Pune district, Maharashtra)

☗ Lenyadri Caves
(Maharashtra Plateau)

• Ganesha: Sri Ganesha granted boon to Devi Parvati to be born as her son, and abides as Sri Girijatmak.
- Lenyadri Girijatmak Temple


स्वस्ति श्रीगणनायकं गजमुखं मोरेश्वरं सिद्धिदम् ॥
बल्लाळं मुरुडे विनायकमहं चिन्तामणिं थेवरे ॥
लेण्याद्रौ गिरिजात्मजं सुवरदं विघ्नेश्वरं ओझरे ॥
ग्रामे रांजणनामके गणपतिं कुर्यात् सदा मङ्गलम् ॥
- Ashta Vinayaka Sloka (Lenyadri Girijatmak is an Ashta Vinayaka)


• Sri Ganesha granting boon to Devi Parvati to be born as her son: Sri Ganesha granted the boon to Devi Parvati to be born as her son, when Devi Parvati worshipped him to get him as her son. Sri Ganesha permanently stayed in that place (of his birth as son of Devi Parvati) as Sri Girijatmaja. (The legends of Sri Ganesha are mentioned in Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana)