Description:
As the name suggests it is a huge idol of Ganapati the prime deity of the Hindus and most worshipped by the Marathi people. This 8 meter tall Ganesh idol was built in 1875 by Dadhich form Ujjain. It is most revered Ganapati and its construction is equally surprising. The ingredients used were bricks, lime stone, paste made out of Jaggery, fenugreek seeds; soil collected from seven pious cities of Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya, Kashi, Kanchi, Avantika, and Dwaraka; mud from stables of horse, elephant and cow; and to top it all the powder of five precious stones, diamond, emerald, pearl, ruby and topaz. All these were mixed with the holy water from all major places of pilgrimage. The metallic frame is of gold, silver, copper, brass and iron.
