Dashabhuja Ganapati Temple, Pune

Dashabhuja Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
Districtpune
DeityLord Ganapati
Location
LocationErandwane, Karve Road, Pune
StateMaharashtra
CountryIndia
Location in Maharashtra.
Dashabhuja Ganapati Temple, Pune (India)
Geographic coordinates18°30′20.80″N 73°49′32.88″E / 18.5057778°N 73.8258000°E / 18.5057778; 73.8258000
Architecture
TypeWest Indian
CreatorUnknown

The Dashabhuja Temple is a Hindu temple in Pune, in the Maharashtra state of India. This temple was once owned by Sardar Haripant Phadke, a Sardar of Peshwa and was later donated to the Peshwas as dowry. Dashabhuja Ganapati temple is visited by thousands of devotees every day and the number increases during Ganesh Chaturthi. The idol of Ganpati or Ganesh seen here has his elephant trunk resting on his right-hand side, which is supposed to be rarer and more sacred than other forms of the Ganesh idol.