| Idol
facing east is in a crossed legged sitting position with broad forhead
& the trunk turned towards the left. Riddhi & Siddhi are on the
both the sides of Mahaganapati.
It
is said that,original idol of Mahaganapati is hidden in a cellar in the
basement. It is also said that it has 10 trunks & 20 hands. Meditating
on that idol is callaed Mahaganapati Dhyan.That idol is not taken out
usually. Due to fear of muslim invasion, in good old days that idol was
hidden. That Ganesha is called Mahotkata. However,temple trustees has
refused existence of such an idol in the cellar.
The
stone pillars of old temple will be seen in the compound which indicates
that architecture of original temple shows similarity to 9th or 10th century
architecture. |
