Shri Ballaleshwar Ganpati - Pali

It is one of the Ashtavinayak temple, About 120 km away from Pune and 28 km ahead of Roha in Raigad district is the small village of Pali. This is the only temple where Ganapati is known by the name of his devotee. Ballal was a young and ardent devotee of Lord Ganesha and moved by his unwavering devotion despite facing a lot of torment, Ganesha decided to reside forever at this place and came to be known as Ballaleshwar. Apart from the main idol, there is another stone idol called “Dhundi Vinayak” who is worshipped before.The idol in the sanctum faces east and is placed in such a way that after Dakshinayan, the morning rays of the sun fall on the idol. The orange sindur smeared stone idol has diamonds, rubies and other precious jewels studded on it and the trunk is turned leftwards. The specialty of this temple is that besan laddu is offered as prasad instead of modak. The temple was designed by Moreshwar Vitthal Sindkar in 1640, later the wooden temple was replaced with a stone temple by Shri Fadnavis in 1760.

Ashtavinayak Temples; Pali Ganpati Mandir,