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Crowd of devotees at Sri Kshetra Lenyadri on the occasion of Sankashti Chaturthi. On December 11, 2022, thousands of devotees visited Sri Girijatmaj Ganapati at Sri Kshetra Lenyadri (Junnar) on the occasion of Sankashti Chaturthi. The murtis and temple of Sri Girijatmja were decorated with attractive flowers. As it was a holiday, there was a huge crowd of devotees throughout the day. The Lenyadri area had acquired the form of a pilgrimage. This information was given by Jitendra Bidwai, President of the Devasthan and Shankar Tamhane, Secretary. On behalf of Sri Lenyadri Ganapati Devasthan, at 5.30 in the morning, Devasthan Trust President Jitendra Bidwai, Trustees Sadashiv Tamhane, Jaywant Doke performed Shree Abhishek and Mahapuja. After that, the devotees took advantage of the darshan. On this occasion, the vice president of the temple Sanjay Dhekane, secretary Shankar Tamhane, treasurer Kashinath Lokhande, trustee Prabhakar Jadhav, Govind Meher, Machindra Shete, Bhagwan Hande, temple staff and villagers were present. The murtis and temple of Sri Girijatmja were decorated with attractive flowers. Maha Aarti was performed in the temple at 6:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Various religious rituals were performed throughout the day. Also, various services were provided to the devotees through the Devasthan Trust. As Sunday was a holiday, there was a huge crowd of devotees throughout the day. The crowd was planned by the temple to make it easy for the devotees to have darshan. 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, Mahaprasad was organized on behalf of devotees Snehal Rahul Dumbre and Prafulla Bhimashankar Nair who were in England and America on business. Also, Sarpanch Adinath Dnyaneshwar Chavan of Vadaj Vitthalwadi gave 101 kg of papaya fruits as an offering to God. 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, Ahmednagar, Mumbai, Thane, Nashik to have Shri’s darshan. This information was given by the president of the temple, Jitendra Bidwai and secretary, Shankar Tamhane.