Sankashti Chaturthi on July 16, 2022

*Attractive decoration of flowers at Sri Kshetra Lenyadri on the occasion of Sankashti Chaturthi* Saturday On the occasion of Sankashti Chaturthi on July 16, 2022, Shri Girijatmaj Ganapati at Sri Kshetra Lenyadri (Junnar) was decorated with attractive flowers. The president of the temple Sadashiv Tamhane and secretary Jitendra Bidwai informed that thousands of devotees took advantage of the darshan of Shri Girijatmaj Ganesha during the day. On behalf of Shree Lenyadri Ganapati Devasthan Trust, at 5.30 in the morning, Devasthan Trust President Sadashiv Tamhane, Secretary Jitendra Bidwai, Treasurer Kashinath Lokhande, Trustees Prabhakar Gadde and Jaywant Doke performed Shri Abhishek and Mahapuja. After that, the devotees took advantage of the darshan. Sanjay Dhekane, Trustee Shankar Tamhane, Prabhakar Jadhav, Govind Meher, Machindra Shete, Bhagwan Hande and villagers were present on this occasion. The murtis and temple of Sri Girijatmja were decorated with attractive flowers. Maha Aarti was performed at 12:00 PM. Various religious rituals were performed throughout the day. As Section 144 was enforced due to heavy rains, the number of devotees was less than usual. The temple had planned the crowd to make it easy for the devotees to see. In the evening there was a music bhajan program by Shree Muktai Prasad Bhajani Mandal Shivechiwadi. Maha Aarti of Shri was performed at night at moonrise. After that Maha Prasad was organized on behalf of MLA of Pimpri Chinchwad Constituency Mr. Laxmanbhau Jagtap and the devotees benefited from it. During the day, dignitaries from various fields took advantage of Shri’s darshan and a large number of devotees came from Junnar area and from Pune, Nagar, Mumbai, Thane, Nashik to have Shri’s darshan. This information was given by the president of the temple Sadashiv Tamhane and secretary Jitendra Bidwai.