MUMBADEVI TEMPLE

MUMBADEVI TEMPLE

LOCATION – Kalbadevi
Road, Bhuleshwar,
Mumbai.
DEITY – Mumbadevi (a
form of Goddess Lakshmi)
CORE FESTIVAL –
Chaitra Navratri,
Ekadashi, Ashwin.
ANNUAL TURNOVER –
100,00 per day.
 HISTORY
- Relocated from Victoria
Terminus to Bhuleshwar –
The temples’ present
location.
- Believed to be constructed
by the Koli community
(fishermen) of Bombay.
- Rebuilt in Bhuleshwar by
Panduseth Sonar (A
goldsmith).
- Mumbai – the name
derives from
MUMBADEVI.
- Temple administration –
Council of Trustees.
- Adjacent temples – Ganesha, Maruti, Mahadev, Indrayani, Muralidhara,
Jaganatha, Narsoba, Balaji.

- Sanctum Sanctorum with two diety sculptures.

 SCULPTURES

1. Goddess MUMBADEVI
in the centre of the
Sanctum.
2. Devi Annapurna to the
left of the core deity –
MUMBADEVI.
SILVER SRI
YANTRA
FAR LEFT OF THE INNER SANCTUM
BRASS
TIGER
STATUE
GODDESS CARRIER
- MUMBADEVI
statue – 5 feet tall
- DEVI
ANNAPURNA – 1
foot tall
- Holy Chant or
Aarti – Shri Sukta
SIDDHIVINAYAK TEMPLE
SIDDHIVINAYAK
TEMPLE

LOCATION – Prabhadevi,
Mumbai.
DEITY – Ganesh
CORE FESTIVAL – Ganesh
Chaturthi.
HOLY/ IMPORTANT DAY –
Tuesdays.
 HISTORY
- It was a tiny temple which
is now the prime attraction
of millions of worshippers.
- Founded – 19 th November
1801
- Builder – Laxman Vithu
Bai
- Financer – Deubai Patil
- Priest – Govind
Chintaman Phatak
- The patils were incharge
of the temple till 1936
- Government tookover –
1974 – Temple trust.
 SCULPTURES

- Murti carved out of black

stone.
- Modaks in lower left hand
- Lotus in the upper right
hand
- Axe in the upper left hand
and lower right has
japmala.
- A snake wound around
him like sacred thread.
- Third eye, seated between
Riddhi and Siddhi.
- Phatak painted the idol
orange.