Morgaon Ganpati

Lord Mayuresvara

Shri Mayuresvara Mandir is in Pune district, Morgaon, Maharashtra. There are eight temples which are visited by devotees to complete their pilgrimage; this is one out of those eight temples which are dedicated to Ganesha.

Ganesha Purana names Morgaon (Mayurapuri) as one out of the three sacred places to Ganesha. Other two places are in the Brahmanda, while Morgaon is on Prithvi. During Pralaya, end of the Kaliyuga, Ganesha goes into yoganidra at this place.

Lord Mayuresvara has six arms, he is fair in complexion. Normally his vahan is Mushaka, but in Treta Yuga, the third Yuga, he took a fancy to peacock as his vahana. Ganesha was born to Lord Shiva and Parvati after twelve years of penance by Parvati for him to be her son. She prayed for  him and gave birth to him at Lenyadri   (another one out of the 8 temples). Shiva blessed him with the name of Gunesha.

Little Gunesha accidently knocked down a peacock egg from a mango tree. Peacock which emerged out of this broken egg shell became Gunesha’s vahana.

Earlier Morgaon was flocked with numerous peacocks, this also bespeaks for the name of the place.