Pali's Ballaleshwar is one of the Ashtavinayak temples in Maharashtra.
Pali's Ballaleshwar Ganapati located at Raigad District, 30 kms away from
Karjat and 110 kms from Pune, in Maharashtra, India.Ballal Vinayak is
associated with the legend of young boy, Ballal and his devotion to Ganapati.
Pali's Ballaleshwar is 3 ft. tall and facing towards east. The
Idol has Diamonds in eyes and naval.Riddhi-Siddhi standing on either side. There
is a silver backdrop. The Mouse stands with a Modak and facing at the God's statue.
In front of the temple there are two lakes. In the innermost part of the
temple, there is a three-foot Ganesh idol.
Huge bell made out of five metals. There are steps dug in
stone on way to north side.
At about half a kilometer you will see a fort door
having two bastions. But ways from the south is more popular. There are 96
steps carved in stone. From top of the fort which is 1300 feet high, Ameba River,
Sudhagad, Karnala, Manikgad, Badrutin fort in Konkan and Korigad, Ghangad,
Telbaillya, Nagfani forts in ghat region can be seen. Tourist can see hot water
Kundas near Pali, temple.
Pali's Ballaleshwar temple is the original wooden temple was
renovated in 1760 to make way for a new stone temple designed by Shri phadnis.
This stone is shaped in the form of the letter 'shree'; it was made by mixing
lead with the cement during construction. The east-facing temple was carefully
positioned so that during Dakshinayan at sun-rise, the rays of the sun falls
directly on the Vinayaka.
The temple contains a bell that was brought back by Chimaji
Appa after his defeat of the Portuguese in Vasai and Sasthi The temple complex
encircles two lakes and is tiled throughout. There are two SanctumsGribhagriha
in the temple, an Inner and Outer Sanctum.
The Inner Sanctum is 15 feet (4.6 m) high, while the Outer
Sanctum is only 12 feet (3.7 m) high. The Outer Sanctum contains a murthi in
the shape of a rat which holds Modak in its hands while facing Ganesh. The main
hall of the temple is 40 feet (12 m) long and 20 feet (6.1 m) broad. It
contains 8 pillars which resemble the Cyprus throne tree. The murti the murti
of Vinayaka sits on a stone throne.
It faces east and with its trunk turned left, sitting
against a background of which displays Riddhi and Siddhi waving >
chamarasThe idol's eyes and contain diamonds Legend This is a story In the
village of Pali of a businessman called Kalyan & his wife Indumati.
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