The 1.7 kilometers long queue outside Shree Siddhivinayak
temple compelled me to think whether the mob …oh I am sorry the
‘Devotees’ waiting for hours together in the queue have slightest of
hint that why is there such a long queue for Darshan in this temple
while other small Ganesh temple remain unattended, what could be the
chronicle behind this temple! I mean when you find so much of rush at a
place you just stop to think what could be possible the reason behind
it, in any case as MBA finance you tend to hunt for fundamentals behind
everything. Not a great Devotee myself nor so much of a frequent
visitor, I do sometimes go to the Siddhivinayak temple. But it seems no
one knows the tale of Shree Siddhivinayak the truth, the legend behind
Siddhivinayak temple. Not even many ‘Devotees’ or the regular visitors
know the facts about Shree Siddhivinayak temple. This unexplored region
captivated me since very long as I always wanted to know about
Siddhivinayak temple in detail.
Once I think Lord Ganesh was really merciful on me
(considering that he isn’t that gracious always trust me kind of
experience I had with success and friendship and relationships and
family and studies and everything else I can say that), I came to know
some fascinating facts about Shree Siddhivinayak temple and the legend
behind it.
Once upon a time…what it’s a legend and a legend has to
start this way, so where were we yep Once upon a time when lord Vishnu
was resting on his divine Snake bed two demons embodied from his ears
named ‘Madhu’ and ‘Kaytap’ (That makes ‘Madhu’ a unisex name isn’t it?).
They as any demon considering their normal instinct would do, started
terrorizing the entire creation and even the assigned creator lord
Bramha. Lord Bramha requested Lord Vishnu to clash with those demons.
But unfortunately even Lord Vishnu could not initially stop those
demons. So on lord Shiv’s suggestion Lord Vishnu went to perform ‘Tap’
on the banks of River Bhima chanting six verse mantra of lord
Ganesh to win over ‘Madhu’ and ‘Kaytap’, where he established the Idol
of Lord ganesh with trunk on right side and his wives Riddhi and siddhi
on his either side with black stone. This temple was then known as and
is still know as Shree Siddhivinayak, it is at Siddhtek and is one of
the Astavinyak. The Prabhadevi (Mumbai) Siddhivinayak temple is replica of the original temple at Siddhitek.
In all this did I mention Lord Vishnu obviously won the war
with lord Siddhivinayak’s blessing. To know more you can read Mudgal
Puran 2nd khand 5th Chapter known as ‘Ganesh Vijay’ …ya…ya as if you are going to actually sit and read it, hah!
I do respect devotees and their craze for the temple but
their feelings would be even more respected if they bother to find out
the importance of the place and the legend behind it rather than just
creating fad about the place. As it happens this entire story is
encrypted on the walls of same Siddhivinayak temple where devotees end
up queuing every Tuesday but fail to catch even the glimpse of it.
Ironically yours’,
Sagar
SP
