📖 Ganesha Purana and Mudgala Purana
All Eight Temples
Mayureshwar
Where the Ashtavinayak pilgrimage begins — Ganesha enthroned upon a peacock
Siddhivinayak
Where Vishnu attained siddhi and overcame the demons
Ballaleshwar
Ganesha who appeared through a child's devotion — the only Ashtavinayak named after a devotee
Varadvinayak
Ganesha the boon-giver — where an eternal lamp has burned for ages
Chintamani
Ganesha at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha — witness to countless prayers
Girijatmaj
A cave temple in the mountain's embrace — where Girija's son was born
Vighnahar
The remover of obstacles, crowned with a copper-clad spire
Mahaganapati
Ganesha in his vast ten-armed form — the final stop of the pilgrimage