Description:
The elephant God Ganesh or Ganapati is the prime deity of the people of Maharashtra. Worship of Ganesh has been going for ages in Maharashtra. There are eight temples of Swayambhu Ganesh In Maharashtra. The people believe that these idols are not made by anyone but they are formed on their own, self made or Swayambhu. These eight are famous as Ashtavinayak. All the temples are very old dating back to 16 - 17 century and are within the span of 20 to 100 km from Pune.
