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of 18 Buddhist caves on mountain, Girijatmaj Vinayak's temple
is in the eighth cave. These caves are also called as Ganesh
caves. The temple is reached after climbing 307 steps.
The entire temple is carved out of single stone and is facing
south. In front of Main Mandir, there is huge Sabhamandap
(Hall) which is nearly 53 feet long and 51 feet broad and to your
surprise there is not a single pillar in this Sabhamandap.
It has 18 small apartments for meditation. Shree Girijatmaj's
idol is placed in the middle apartment.
Sabhamandap
of main temple is only 7 feet high. It has six stone pillars
with cow, elephant etc. carved on them. From the main temple
one can view river flowing and the Junnar town spread near the
river.
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