Shri Vighnahar, Ozar

History

• The trust’s homepage tells Ozar as the kshetra where the demon Vighnasura was destroyed. The leaflet says the same and numbers the temple seventh. It also says the temple has an image of the mouse. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust · Department of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra

Why it matters

• The trust calls Ozar one of the Ashtavinayak and says the state has declared Junnar taluka a tourism taluka, with Ozar treated as a tourism model inside it. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust, Ozar · Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust

Location

• Contact page: Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust, at post Shri Kshetra Ozar, taluka Junnar, district Pune 410504. Phone 02132-288330. Mobile 9822319495. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust, Ozar

Hours

Not stated in the sources used for this entry.

Aarti and rituals

• The trust prints dhup aarti every evening at 7:00. It does not, on that page, print an opening or closing hour. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust, Ozar
• Tuesday morning maha aarti is sponsored by five yajmans who book through the public-relations office. On each Sankashti, at the evening muhurta, five women yajmans lead a Ganga aarti on the bank of the Kukadi. Each Vinayaki Chaturthi has a Ganesh yag. Each Angarki Chaturthi has a mahayag for 101 yajmans. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust, Ozar

Festivals

• Ganeshotsav at this kshetra runs from Bhadrapada Shuddha Pratipada through Panchami, five days. The palkhi visits four gates: east to Umbraj (Lakshmi-Narayan), south to Dhangarwadi (Uma-Maheshwar), west to Shiroli Khurd (Rati-Madan), and north to Amrai (Surya-Prithvi). The same page later names the south gate as Dhanegaon. Villagers walk the gate-yatra barefoot. Maghi Ganesh Jayanti includes an akhand Harinam saptah. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust, Ozar

How to reach

• Ozar is in Junnar taluka. The trust points visitors toward Shivneri and the Lenyadri caves as other places in the taluka. A Pune-to-Ozar kilometre figure is not taken from the leaflet, because that leaflet’s distance lines conflict across temples. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust · Department of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra

Best time to visit

• The published gatherings are the five-day Bhadrapada utsav, Maghi Jayanti, Tuesday maha aarti, Sankashti, Vinayaki Chaturthi, and Angarki. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust, Ozar

Crowds

Not stated in the sources used for this entry.

Nearby

• The trust’s own list for the taluka includes Shivneri fort and the Lenyadri Vinayak caves. Shree Vighnahar Ganpati Devasthan Trust

Access

Not stated in the sources used for this entry.