Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati – the most endearing deity to the devotees. Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati is the epitome of pride and honor to the city of Pune.
The Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati temple is a Hindu Temple located in Pune and is dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesh. The temple is visited by over hundred thousand pilgrims every year. The Temple is 130 years old. The Ganesh idol is 2.2 metres tall and 1 metrewide. It is adorned with nearly 40 kilos of gold.The deity of Lord Ganesha was incepted by Shri Dagdusheth Halwai and his wife Lakshmibai way back, when they lost their only son to the plague epidemic. Every year, the Ganpati festival was celebrated with deep faith and enthusiasm, not only by Dagdusheth’s family but the entire neighbourhood. Tatyasaheb Godse, then in his early youth, was a zestful participant in the celebrations. In later years, when Lokmanya Tilak made Ganpati festival a public celebration to bring people together for the freedom struggle, Dagdusheth Ganpati became the most respected and popular idol in Pune. In 1952, the responsibility of organizing the festival at Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple officially fell upon Tatyasaheb and his group of friends. Under Tatyasaheb’s able guidance and leadership, his associates like Mamasaheb Rasane, Adv. Shankarrao Suryavanshi and K. D. Rasane planned and executed the festival with meticulous planning and professionalism, and since then, there was no looking back for them. As generous donors and devotees contributed towards the temple fund, Tatyasaheb and his friends thought what better way to worship the Lord than to serve our own fellow beings.
TEMPLE SCHEDULE
The daily schedule and temple timings of Dagdusheth Ganpati for devotees.
TEMPLE SCHEDULE - RITUAL / ACTIVITY
6.00 A.M - Temple Opens
6.00 A.M. TO 7.30 A.M. - Darshan For General Public
7.30 A.M. TO 7.45 A.M. - Suprabhatam Aarti (Morning Aarti or Prayer)
8.15 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. - Darshan For General Public
1.30 P.M. TO 2.00 P.M. - Naivedyam Aarti
2.00 P.M. TO 3.00 P.M. - Darshan For General Public
3.00 P.M. TO 3.15 P.M. - Madhyana Aarti
3.15 P.M. TO 8 P.M. - Darshan For General Public
8.00 P.M. TO 9.00 P.M. - Mahamangal Aarti
8.15 P.M. TO 10.30 P.M. - Darshan For General Public
10.30 P.M. TO 10.45 P.M. - Shejarti
10.45 TO 11.00 P.M. - Darshan For General Public
11.00 P.M. - Temple Closes
We welcome you to extend your support to this noble cause. Since September 2013, Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Trust has been providing healthy and pure vegetarian meals, snacks, tea, coffee, and biscuits to 1200 patients, every day at Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. Trust has also made a waiting room facility for the relatives of the patients admitted at the hospital.
Pitashri Old Age Home was started by Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Trust in the Kondhwa area of Pune. This initiative was started in order to help senior citizens spend the rest of their lives in peace and harmony. Be a part of this initiative and help us create a happy and peaceful home for these senior citizens living at Pitashri Old Age Home.
Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Trust has been providing free ambulance services in and around Pune since 1986. The ideology behind this service has been ‘Serving humans is equal to serving God.’ Patients from Pune Municipal Corporation can avail free ambulance services and patients from outside this region are only required to pay for the fuel.