Padmalaya

Shree Padmalaya Temple
Shree Ganapati Peeths, Padmalaya (Maharashtra, India)
Shree Padmalaya Temple Location in Maharashtra
Name
Proper name	Shree Padmalaya Devsthan
Devanagari	श्री पदमालय देवस्थान
Sanskrit transliteration	padmasya Alaya
Geography
Coordinates	20°52′10″N 75°23′33″E / 20.869345°N 75.392532°E / 20.869345; 75.392532Coordinates: 20°52′10″N 75°23′33″E / 20.869345°N 75.392532°E / 20.869345; 75.392532
Country	India
State/province	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Locale	Erandol
Culture
Primary deity	Ganesha
Architecture
Number of temples	1
History and governance
Date built	1912
Creator	Shree Govind Maharaj

Padmalaya is a village situated 10 km from Erandol in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra and 31.5 km from Jalgaon. in the scenic natural surroundings of the mountain. 'Padmalaya' in Sanskrit "padmasya Alaya" means "Home of Lotus". Padmalaya has a temple of Lord Ganesha.

Near temple there is "Bhim Kunda" a 2 leg mark shape ponds in a 'Anjani river' around 1 km from Padmalaya in a Padmalaya Temple Reservoir.

Importance and status

Padmalaya is among the two and a half 'Shree Ganapati Peeth' in India, this place is regarded as the half Peeth. Padmalaya is blessed with the two self-existent "Swayambhu" Ganesh idols in the sanctum., named "Aamod" and "Pramod", There are two (Swayambhu) Ganesh idols. These idols consisted of Coral(Praval). One idol has its trunk (Sond) curving to the right and the other to the left.

These idols were "Swayambhu" literally meaning self existed. Temple is totally built using stones. There is a large pond beside the temple and this pond used to be full of lotus flowers. Hence the place got the name of "Padmalaya".

This temple is located at the top of a hill. There are small temples on all sides of the main temple. The padukas of Shree Govind Maharaj are located in front of the temple. There is a huge bell 440 kg next to the padukas.

History

Padmalaya also known, as "Prabhakshetra" is a religious place. It is famous for the temples of Lord Ganapati and Hanuman according to legend, the warrior Bhim has had a battle with Rakshas Bakasur and Bakasur was killed by Bhim. Bhim was very thirsty after the wresting so he hit his elbow very forcefully on the ground to form a small pond of fresh water. The place is called bhimkund and is near to Padmalaya temple. Bhimkund is very beautiful place with lots of herbs and medicinal plants around the area within Padmalaya Temple Reservoir.

Pandav

The other feature if this place is during the vanavas pandavs stayed in Erandol (ancient name was Ekchakranagari). They had built a palace with Lacquer. This is called as Pandav wada and believed that it has many secret routes leading to nearby forests. This Pandav wada was later burnt by kaurav to kill Pandavs. The remaining are still lying there in erandol city.

Nearby tourist attractions

Ajanta Caves
Gandhi Teerth
Swinging Towers Of Farkande(झुलते मनोरे)
Unapdeo, Natural Hot Water Spring
Manu Devi, Yawal
Pal Sanctuary

References

Hindu Temples in Maharashtra

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