Padmalaya - Temple of Lord Ganesha

India / Maharashtra / Edandol / Padmalaya Tal Erandol
 temple, village

Padmalaya is spiritual place.
This is a very very beautiful temple of Lord Ganesha.This temple was renovated by Sadguru Govind Maharaj in 1912(Shake 1834).This temple has very beautifully carved exterior and interior.Around the temple there is a very beautiful pond with so many Lotus.The name Padmalaya implies "Lotus" itself.The word padmalaya has specific meaning. Padma stands for Lotus and Alaya stands for Home.In this way the meaning of padmalaya is Home of Lotus.
Padmalaya is a holy religious place of Lord Shree Ganesh , situated at 10km. From Erandol in Jalgaon District in North Maharashtra.

he city is an active point for trade and agriculture produce. An important feature of the district is that during summer season it becomes very hot and temperature rises to 47° Celsius. The World famous Ajanta caves is situated very near from Jalgaon station i.e. 50-km by road.

The important feature of this holy place is that there are two lord ganeshas sitting on single platform called as ‘Vyaspeeth”. It is believed that this is a unique place of its own type in the world.

Among the two and a half Shree Ganapati Peeths in India, this is regarded as the half Peeth. It is called as Padmalaya Kshetra. This temple is located at the top of a hill. There are small Ganapati 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 next to the padukas. There is a hall immediately next to the temple. A huge 3-4 ft tall stone mouse is placed in this hall. There are two self existent (Swayambhu) Ganesh idols in the sanctum. One idol has its trunk curving to the right and the other to the left. Both the idols have silver crown.
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Coordinates:   20°52'12"N   75°23'46"E

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  • Padmalaya is a holy religious place of Lord Shree Ganesh.
  • padmalaya is very beautyfull holli place
  • Bhimkund: a place to visit for small adventure, near padmalaya temple, and is always been fun place for college students. :)
  • Jai Ganesh, I'm Aditya Godse, staying in Pune. Can some one, please tell me the address of the Padmalaya, ways of transport, time of travel, and logging facilities over there????, please HELP. MORYA
  • "एरंडोल" हे "लाड सका(शाखीय) वाणी" समाजातील काही "काळमांडे" कुलाच्या कुलबांधवांचे "कुलग्राम" आहे- प्रा. डॉ. दिलीप बाळकृष्ण वाणी, पुणे(भ्रमणदूरध्वनी - ९८२३२३०४६६).
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