Sri Modakeshwar Ganapati Temple (Nashik)

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Also known as 'Swaymbhu'. The temple derives its name from the 'Modak' a special Maharastrian dish made of coconut and jaggery. This dish is considered to be Lord's favourite!.......This ancient temple of Ganapati facing east is situated at Asarachi Ves on the road from Ramkund to the cemetery. The idol has an original shape of a modak (மோதகம்) and hence is called Modakeshwar........ According to a legend, modaks used to be found in this temple. The temple owner Vilas Kshemkalyani's ancestor Keshavrao Kshemkalyani saw in dream a Ganapati at this place. When he came to this place, he really found a swayambhu Ganapati. Since then his family has been looking after the idol...... People of Nashik have great faith in its divinity and it is believed to be answering to their prayers. Ganesh festival is celebrated here on all ten days during Bhadrapada. The Modakeshwar temple has lent holiness to this area which otherwise looks ghastly because of the cemetery and a long stretch of ground.