Sukhakarta Dukhaharita - Lord Moreshwar Morgaon Maharashtra
Ashta Vinayaka Darshan
Ashtavinayaka Darshan means, a pilgrimage of the 8 Ganesha temples in Maharashtra state in India. The ancient eight holy places of Lord Ganesha is called Ashtavinayaka Yatra. All the eight Ashtavinayak Temples are Swayambhu(self-originated) and Jagrut. The eight different names of Lord Ganesh are Moreshwar, Mahaganpati, Chintamani, Girijatmak, Vighneshwar, Siddhivinayak, Ballaleshwar and Varad Vinayak. These Temples are situated at Morgaon, Ranjangaon, Theur, Lenyadri, Ojhar, Siddhatek, Pali and Mahad. Of the 8 Ashtavinayakas, 6 are in Pune district and 2 in Raigad district. These eight temples are situated in Ahmednagar, Raigad and Pune district of Maharashtra state.
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Astavinayaka- Sukhakarta - Dukhaharita Vighneshwara |
About Lord Ganesha
Lord Ganesha is the son of Mata Parvati Devi generally called "Manasa Putra" and "Vighna Harta" destroyer of obstacles in our life. He is blessed by Lord Shiva as "Vighna Harta" and declared as Ganapati means "Leader of all Devagana".
Moreshwar at Moregaon in Maharastra
At Moregaon, Lord Ganesha is calling Shri Moreshwar or Mayureshwar. Temple Moreshwar is situated at a distance of 60 km from Pune city, near to the Khara River in the Moregaon village, Taluka Baramati in Pune District. It is the most important of all the eight Ashtavinayaka temples and has four gates.
About Lord Moreshwar Ganapati
At Moregaon Lord Ganesha rode a peacock (in Sanskrit, a mayura means peacock and in Marathi, more means peacock), that's why here Lord Ganesha is known as Mayureshwar or Moreshwar.Moregaon means 'Village of Peacocks', once upon a time there was an abundance of peacock birds in this region and the shape of the village is like a peacock. Because of this meaningful Reason the village is called Moregaon. This area is also known as the Bhuswananda and this is the first Temple to be visited during the Ashtavinayaka Temple Yatra (Pilgrimage).
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Lord Mayureshwar at Morgaon |
According to the Ganesha Purana, Ganesha incarnated as Mayureshvara, who has six arms and a white complexion. His mount is a peacock. He was born to Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati in the Treta Yuga (second of four Yuga), for the purpose of killing the demon Sindhu.
To slew the demon Sindhu, Lord Ganesha riding a peacock in the form of Mayureshwara and punish the demon to protect Devagana (all Gods). Lord Moreshwar also has two other murtis of Siddhi (Capability) and Riddhi (Intelligence).
Traditional System of Ashtavinayaka Temple Pilgrimage or Yatra
The Morgaon temple is the starting point of the pilgrimage of eight revered temples of Ganesha, around Pune, as well as the end of the pilgrimage. Because the Yatri or Devotee has to take Darshan of Lord Moreshwar Ganapati two times i.e., beginning of the "Yatra" or pilgrimage and end of the pilgrimage. If the pilgrim does not visit the Morgaon temple at the end of the Ashtavinayaka ("Eight Ganeshas") "Yatra", the pilgrimage is considered incomplete. The Morgaon temple is described as "India's foremost Ganesha pilgrimage".
Lord Ganesha of Morgaon is the "Aadhya Pitha" means the foremost centre of worship of the Lord Ganapati sect, because Lord Ganesha is considering as the "Supreme Being". Moregaon Mayureshwar attracts the greatest number of pilgrims in the Ashtavinayaka Yatra. It is a circuit of eight Ganesha Temples in Maharastra, India.
Legend According to Mudgala Purana and Ganesha Purana
Both the primary scriptures of the Ganapatya sect, Mudgala Purana and Ganesha Purana praise Morgaon Mayureshwar. According to Mudgala Purana 22 chapters are dedicated to describing the greatness of Lord Mayureshwara Ganesha. Ganesha Purana, describes Morgaon (Mayurapuri) is among the three most important places for Ganesha and the only one on earth (Bhuloka). The other locations are Kailash in heaven and Adi-Shesha's palace in Patala (underworld). Kailash is a mountain on earth in the Himalayas, where Ganesha's parents Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati are staying. According to a tradition, the temple is without beginning and without an end. And at the time of pralaya (the dissolution of the world), Ganesha will enter "Yoganidra" at Moregaon. Always Moregaon is compared with "Kashi", the sacred Hindu city in Uttar Prades, India.
A Ganapatya sect tells us how the Lord Brahma God of the creator, the Lord Vishnu God of the preserver and the God of dissolver the Lord Shiva, the Divine Mother Devi Parvati and the Sun-God Surya Narayana mediated at Morgaon to learn about their creator and their purpose of existence. Lord Ganesha appeared in front of them in the form of an Omkara flame and blessed them and reveal that the service of all towards the "Brahmanda".
Born as Gunesha Son f Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati
Sindhu was the son of Cakrapani – the king of Mithila and his wife Ugra. Ugra become pregnant by chanting Solar Mantra, due to the power of a solar mantra, she was unable to bear the extreme heat radiating from the fetus, so she dropped her fetus in the ocean. Soon, a son was born from this abandoned fetus and the ocean returned him to his sad father, then he become very happy and named him Sindhu means the ocean.
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Temple of Lord Moreshwar at Moregaon |
At Lenadri, Devi Parvati started penance on Lord Ganesha "the supporter of the entire universe" for twelve years to get Lord Ganesha as her son. Pleased by her penance, Ganesha blessed her by the boon that he would be born as her son. In due course, Lord Ganesha was born to Devi Parvati at Lenyadri and named as Gunesha by Lord Shiva. And at Lenadri, Lord Ganesha is worshiped as the son of Mata Parvati. Once little Gunesha nocked an egg from a mango tree, from which emerged a peacock. Then Gunesha mounted the peacock and assumed the name Mayureshvara and make peacock as His Vehicle. Lenadri is another Ashtavinayaka site count as the circuit of Ashtavinayaka.
Lord Gunesha Killed Demon Sindhu
Sindhu son of Chakrapani and Ugra was given the ever-full bowl of "Amrita" (Elixir of life) as a boon from the Sun-God called Surya Narayana. The demon was warned that he could drink from the bowl without damaging the bowl and keeping its original form. So to protect the bowl, he swallowed it. Then Sindhu terrorized the three worlds, so the Gods request Lord Gunesha, son of Mata Parvati for help. Gunesha defeated Sindhu's army, cut his general Kamalasura into three pieces and then cut open Sindhu's body, emptying the Amrita bowl and thus killed the demon.
Lord Brahma built the Morgaon shrine and marrying Siddhi(Capability) and Buddhi(Inteligence) to Lord Gunesha. At the end of this incarnation, Gunesha returned to his celestial abode, giving his peacock mount to his younger brother called "Skanda", with whom the peacock mount is always associated.
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