Dagdusheth Ganpati

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see alsoGuddatu Ganpati.

This page gives interesting facts about Dagdusheth Ganpati in pune.Every day thousands of visitors from various places visit the temple to seek blessings of lord Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati.Lord Ganesh is believed to be the harbinger of good times.
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Dagdusheth Ganpati is very famous ganpati temple in pune wherein the higly gracious
Lord Dagdusheth Ganpati is hailed by everybody in very high respect and devotion.

Below are some facts about Dagdusheth Ganpati.

Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Trust, was established in pune in the year 1893. and has since then it has been rendering a great service to devotees of Lord Ganpati

In the year 1893 Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak gave a public form to the celebration of the festival of Lord Ganpati and since then made it a genuinely people's festival wherein people cometogether in a great spirit and immerse
themselves in the devotion to Lord Ganpati.

Popularity:

Right from the famous bollywood legend Amitabh Bachan to Sanjay Dutt, Sachin Tendulkar, Nitish Bharadwaj,Prashant Damle, Raj Thackerey,Vandana Gupte, Bharti Acharekar,, Suresh Wadkar and many other popular persons visit the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati every year without fail.

Belief :
There is a strong belief among the visitors
that the deity would fulfill their wishes and save them from bad times. The devotee list of the deity includes many Hindi and Marathi Film actors,producers and directors along with many other well known politicians.
Also,Himachal Pradesh governor Prabha Rau is expected to visit the Lord Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati during the 10 day long festival.

Regular Visitors:
sources say that actors Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor visit the temple every month without missing.

Even the Kapoor's are in the list of the devotees. Apart from having their own Ganpati at RK studios, the Kapoors visit the Dagdusheth Ganapati every year.
Experiences of individual persons depend on their belief.Even though the famous
actors at times cannot visit the temple for some reason,it is believed that all of
their wishes are fulfilled just by praying to the God in their minds.Such is a strong belief amongst the actors.

Popular stories:

There are stories that Jaya Bachchan had offered Shrimant Dagdusheth Ganpati a pair of gold ears after Amitabh Bachchan escaped from the deadly accident during the shooting of the film Coolie.
Also it is widely believed that actor Sanjay Dutt aka MunnaBhai visited the temple Ganpati every year during his brushes with the laws.

Interesting facts:

There is a huge demand for for coconuts in the pune during Ganeshotsav festival. There is a demand for about five lakh coconuts a day and Dagdushet Ganpati’s share in the coconuts is the maximum.Also the annual turnover for coconuts in the pune goes up to the tune of about Rs 24 crore.Amazing is int it?.
Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple receives at least 50 lakh coconuts every year.

Latest Things:
The temple trust has installed a conveyer belt to carry coconuts and coconut torans offered by the devotees to the Lord Ganapati. This would certainly help to transfer heaps of coconuts outside the pandal without spending lot of time and energy as earlier.
see alsoGuddatu Ganpati.