Titwala Ganesh Mandir

The city's Ganpati temples are thronged by devotees, especially during this festive season.u00a0Apart from the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi, another prominent Ganesh temple that sees a lot of crowd is the Mahaganpati temple, which is also referred to as the Titwala Ganesh Mandir, located in a small town named Titwala, in Thane district. Millions of devotees visit this temple all through the year and the crowd swells during the Ganesh Utsav.u00a0

Pic/ Sameer Markande

It is said that the temple was built by Shakuntala to minimise the effect of a curse upon her. Her prayers resulted in her reunion with her husband, King Dushyanta. The remains of the temple were discovered during the reign of Peshwa Madhavrao who helped to rebuild it.u00a0