Shree Siddhivinayak

• Air: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 18 km from the temple.
• Rail: Dadar / Elphinstone Rd — 2 km from the temple.
• Local transport: Auto from Dadar ₹40; cab ₹150
• Parking: Limited; use Prabhadevi rail / metro

Built on 19 November 1801 by contractor Laxman Vithu Patil and the childless devotee Deubai Patil — who wished other women would never face her grief — Shree Siddhivinayak houses a 2.5-foot Swayambhu Ganesha murti carved from a single black stone, with the trunk tilted to the right (Uzhva Thumbikkai). Such right-trunked Ganeshas are termed Siddhi-Vinayak and are considered the most powerful but the most difficult to please, requiring strict ritual purity. The temple was a modest 3.6 m × 3.6 m brick shrine until the Maharashtra Government Trust reconstructed it in 1990 in stunning multi-tier pinkish-granite kalashas, gold-plated dome and Hemadpanthi style. The current temple complex is managed by Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir Trust under the Maharashtra Government Public Trust Act, and its hundi receives over ₹125 crore annually — making it the wealthiest Ganesh temple in India. The murti's two-eyed image with Riddhi-Siddhi on either side, swastika and Om on the forehead, has become the most recognisable face of Mumbai's bhakti life.

A traditional Hindu temple layout — the garbhagriha, antarala, and ranga-mandapa arranged along a sacred east-facing axis. The stonework at Shree Siddhivinayak has been maintained across generations by the temple trust, honouring both the vastu tradition and the region's craftsmanship.

Lord Ganesha is worshipped here as the presiding form of the divine. Devotees offer prayers, flowers, and sacred chants; the daily aarti cycles anchor the temple's rhythm from Brahma Muhurta at dawn to the Shayan aarti at night.

• Kakad Aarti05:30 AM
• Naivedya12:15 PM
• Madhyan Aarti12:30 PM
• Sandhya Aarti07:30 PM
• Shejarati09:50 PM

Devasangam never accepts payments on a temple's behalf. All seva, prasad, and aarti sponsorships flow through the official trust portal linked below.

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