Shree Moreshwar Swamy
NIJE BHUSWANANDJADBHARAT BHUMYA PARATARE |
TURIYOSTIRE PARAMSUKHDETVA NIVASASI ||
MAYURAYA NATH STAWAMASICH MAYURESH BHAGWAN |
ATASWA SANDHYAYE SHIVHARINI BRAHMAJANAKAM ||
Meaning :
O! Lord Mayureshwar of Morgaon,you stay on sage jadbharat's land, on the banks of river
Karha which is known as "Bhuswanand' (means happiness on land). Shree Moreshwar, who is far from three qualities, who rsembles Omkar, who is always in fourth state of yoga & who rides on peacock mayu accept my salutation.
Morgaon, situated on the banks of river Karha comes in Baramati Taluka, in District Pune. It is said that shape of this place is like a peacock & once upon a time there were so many peacocks in the Morgaon, as such it is called as "Morgaon'.
The main temple facing towards north is in the centre of village and looks like a small fortress or chateu. The temple complex comprising of a dome, surrounded by a 50 ft high encloser and decked with four pillars in each corners, portrays from afar and image of a mosque. While going towards the temple a huge Deep-mala (stone pillar for oil lamps)will be seen at first. In front of this Deep-Mala, there is one Nagarkhana (where kettledrums are kept). Near this Nagarkhana, thee is a mouse made up of black stone,holding 'Laddu' in his front two legs. On climbing the steps you will see a big 'Nandi is present before Ganapati instead of Lord Shiva? You will find answer to this question in this legend :-
'Years ago, this Nandi was taken on a cart for its consecration in front of a near by Shivalaya. However, the cart carrying Nandi broke in front of Mayureshwara's temple and Nandi-Maharaj sat before Mayureshwar's temple for ever. People tried their best to shift Nandi from this place but nandi did not move an inch. The artisan carrying cart had omen in the night. Nandi appeared in his dream and said, "I want to stay before Mayureshwar only. Don't try to shift me elsewhere forcefully, I won't come." People left with no other alternative dropped the idea of shifting Nandi to other place. Like this Nandiji was consecrated before Mayureshwar.
The main temple is made up of black stone. The temple constructed during Bahamani regime was built in typical Moghule style by Mr.Gole,a Hindu officer in the court of patshah.
The temple has four gates. In the eastern gate is Lakshminarayan, giver of Dharma. In the sourthern gate are parvati & shankar givers of Artha (desired goals). Then comes western gate where Rati & kama resides. Lastely in the northern gate reside, Mahivaraha (Earth & SUn).
Thus all deities & all sages resides in this temple. In the eight corners, there are eight statutes of Ganapati called EKDANTA, MAHODARA,GAJANANA,LAMBODAR,VIKATA, VIGHARAJA, DHUMRAVARNA & VAKRATUNDA.
In the temple complex there are trees of Shami, Mandar & Tarati. The tree of Tarati is also called as Kalpavruksha.
Devotees meditate under this tree & attain desired goals.
Before taking darshan of Mayureshwar, first take darshan of 'Nagnabhairava' on the left side of Mayureshwar, and offer him naivaidya of coconut & jaggary.
Nobody is allowed to enter the Sanctum & do the Pooja of Moreshwar on his own.The various virtuous deeds performed here are Abhishek Pooja, Sahastravartan,Japa Yadnya,Mahadwar Yatra etc.
The deity 'Moreshwara' inside the sanctum is very attractive. It is in sitting posture, fasing east with the trunk turning left & smeared with vermillion mixed in oil. In it's eyes & navel, diamonds are embedded. On its head is the hood of Nagaraja. On left & right are brass idols of Siddhi & Buddhi. In front of the idol are the Mooshaka (Rat) & Mayura (Peacock).On doing Abhishek on 'Moreshwar' all desires are fulfilled.
The orignal idol of Moreshwar was small in size. As many layers of vermillion are applied on it, it looks bigger. Sometime after 100 &125 years this armour of vermillion casts off & orignal beautiful idol inside this armour is seen again. It has been heard that Mayureshwar's armour has been cast off in 1788 &1822 A.D. The orignal small idol was made up of atoms of sand,iron &diamonds & it is behind the present statue. It was consecrated by God Brahma. On its destruction by demon Sindhurasur, God Bhrama reconsecrated it twice. They enclosed the idol in tin sheet, So that nobody can try to destroy it.
ROUTE
Various routes going to Morgaon are as follows:
1. State transport buses are available from Pune's swargate bus depot.
2.On Pune-Solapur highway 56kms from Pune,Morgaon lies on the right side of chaufula.Morgaon via Pune-Hadapsar-loni-chaufula-supa is at a distance of 79 km.
3. Another route leading to Morgaon via Hadapsar-saswad-jejuri covers 64kms.
4. On the way to Morgaon have darshan of God Khandoba of jejuri & then go to Margaon by bus which is at a distance of 15 kms from jejuri.
5. On Pune-Solapur railway line,get down at Neera railway station & go to Morgaon by bus.
6. On Pune-Daund railway line, get down at Kedgaon & go to Morgaon by S.T.
Moreshwar's pooja is done thrice a day. In the morning at 5'Oclock Prakshal Pooja is done. This pooja is done by Gurav poojari. 'Shodopachar Pooja' is done at 7'Oclock in morning & at 12'Oclock in the afternoon. These pooja's are done by Brahmin poojari. At the time of pooja Ganesh Atharvashirsha's Aavarthana (Repeatative cycles) are made.
In the morning pooja, Khichadi & Chapiti, in the afternoon pooja full meal & in the night milk & rice are offered as Naivaidyam to Mayureshwar. Temple remains open for darshan from 5 a.m. to 10.00 p.m.
Two festivals on Bhadrapada Shudda Chaturti & Magh Shuddha Chaturthi are celebrated on grand scale in Morgaon.
Besides this Vijayadashami (Dasehara) & Somavati Amavasya are also celebrated on big scale. On Vijayadashami Mayureshwar's Palanpuin begins at 11'Oclock in the night.
Palanquin procession is worth seeing. Fire crackers made in the village are burst on a large scale. Palkhi procession goes round the village for the whole night & at the break of dawn palkhi reaches at the Someshwar's temple. At that time, names villagers are read according to their ancestral hierachy. Programme called Annasantarpana. It means naivaidyam from different houses is gathered & it is distrubuted among devotes as mahaprasad. Nearly 10-15 thousand devotees come for such yatra.
DEVINE ASCETICS OF MORGAON
1. Shreemad yogindracharaya appeared in Morgaon in Shaliwahan Shake 1499 & took samadhi in shake 1727. He spent his long 228 yrs life in worshipping & propitiating Ganeshyog. It is said that Shree Mayureshwar, himself in the guise of Bhramin gave him 9 parts of Mudgal purana & he had written his exposition on it. Importance of Ganapatis, yogaswaroop & Yogageeta is described in it.
2. Samadhi Mandir of Shree Ganesha Yogindracharya on the south coast of Kerela river is a place of tourist interests. In the same mandir there are samadi's of Shri Ankushdhari Maharaj & Shreemad Herambh Maharaj. Festivals & death anniversaries of this sect is in Morgaon near the temple.
3. Morgaon is a birthplace of famous hermit Morya Gosawi. He found Ganesh idol in Brahma Kamandalu Tirth. He consecrated this idol in the temple at Chinchwad. Morya Gosawi's Palkhi comes from Chinchwad to Morgaon on Bhadrapad & Magh Shudh Chatruthi. He took samadhi at Chinchwad in 1655 A.D.
4. Sukhakarta Dukhaharta Varta Vighnachi ......
A great saint Samarth Ramdas Swami wrote above said Aarti instantaneously after taking Mayrushwar's Darshan. This Aarti has become immortal in Maharashtra.
5. At the left side of Mayureshwar there is one small room called Vighneshwar's owari (owari means place reserved for meditation) At the end of seventeenth century a great Ganesh devotee known as Ganesh Yogindra used to stay in this owari. He had performed penances for 12 years. He had written his comments on Sanskrit Ganesh Purana. He took samadhi at Morgaon in 1727 A.D.
OTHER RELIGIOUS PLACES IN MORGAON
Morgaon is situated on the banks of river Karha. Legend heard about the origin of Karhaganga is ....
Once Brahamadeva misbehaved with Goddess Saraswati. He felt very much guilty of his behaviour. He became restless. To purify his mind he visited all holy places in the world, conducted all the rituals and collected the holy water (Tirth) in his Kamandalu. Then also he was not pacified so he came to Morgaon. He did Pooja-Abhishek on Mayureshwar. While taking holy rounds of Mayureshwar, Kamandalu filled with sacred water was tumbled down by Brahamadeva's leg. God Brahma was sorely dissappointed. While he was refilling his Kamandalu Shree Mayureshwar said, "O God Brahma ! Don't feel disappointed and don't fill this Kamandalu. Let this water be flown here in the form of river. Brahma Kamandalu Ganga i.e Karhaganga to destroy world's sin. You take a spoonful of sacred water and be purified."
Like this Karhaganga appeared in Morgaon. There are seven tirthas in the course of five miles of river Karha. They are Shree Ganesh Tirth, Bhima Tirth, Vyas Tirth, Rishi Tirth, Sarvapunya Tirth and Shree Ganeshgaya Tirth.
JADBHARAT
To the North of Karhaganga, at a distance of one mile there is a land of Jadbharat Muni. Previously there used to be a big Aashram of Jadbharat Muni. At present there is only one big rock having five lingas of Mahadev. It is necessary to take darshan of Jadbharat Rock when you visit Morgaon.
NAGNABHAIRAV
Nagnabhairav temple is situated to the east of Morgaon on the border of village. Yatra (Pilgrimage) is not completed without having darshan of Nagnabhairav. Jaggery and Coconut are to be bestowed as Naivedyam over there. He is caretaker of Kshetra Morgaon and he protects Ganesh devotees and give them prosperity. If it is not possible to visit this place, you can very well complete these rituals in the small temple of Nagnabhairav just to the left side of Mayureshwar's sanctum.
OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION
1. Morgaon Ganapati Devasthan Trust is under control of Chinchwad Devasthan Trust.
2. On taking appropriate donations from devotees, various types of rituals such as Pooja-Abhishek, Ekadashani, Sahastravartan, Japayagna, etc, are performed by temple trust.
3. 64 villages are donated to Morgaon. One fourth part of the revenue collected from these villages is given to temple district magistrate trustees look after the adminstration of temple.
4. Shree Mayureshwar has many ornaments of gold, silver and diamond.
5. Devotees coming to Morgaon should definately visit Saswad, Samadhi place of Sopandev Maharaj. Sangameshwar and Changawateshwar are also places of Pilgrim's interest.
6. Lodging arrangement is available at following places:
a. Dharmashala of temple trust is near the temple.
b. In Yogendrament Shri Suresh Takasale looks after lodging arrangement.
c. A good arrangement of lodging, boarding can be made at following two places -
i) Mr. Viju Dhere, morgaon, Dist. Pune.
ii) Mr. Kumar Wagh, durvankur, Morgaon, Tal. Baramiti, Dist. Pune Tel. No. STD-02112- 79752
Various religions rituals are also performed on behalf of devotees by above said people.
Panchdevtas i.e. Bhrama, vishnu, Shankar, Devi & Surya once meditated here to know who created them & for what purpose. A jyoti (flame) appeared before them in form of 'OM' Kara. From this 'OM' came out to Lord Ganapati with the elephant face.
Karha which is known as "Bhuswanand' (means happiness on land). Shree Moreshwar, who is far from three qualities, who rsembles Omkar, who is always in fourth state of yoga & who rides on peacock mayu accept my salutation.
Morgaon, situated on the banks of river Karha comes in Baramati Taluka, in District Pune. It is said that shape of this place is like a peacock & once upon a time there were so many peacocks in the Morgaon, as such it is called as "Morgaon'.
TEMPLE
SHREE MAYURESHWAR'S TEMPLEThe main temple facing towards north is in the centre of village and looks like a small fortress or chateu. The temple complex comprising of a dome, surrounded by a 50 ft high encloser and decked with four pillars in each corners, portrays from afar and image of a mosque. While going towards the temple a huge Deep-mala (stone pillar for oil lamps)will be seen at first. In front of this Deep-Mala, there is one Nagarkhana (where kettledrums are kept). Near this Nagarkhana, thee is a mouse made up of black stone,holding 'Laddu' in his front two legs. On climbing the steps you will see a big 'Nandi is present before Ganapati instead of Lord Shiva? You will find answer to this question in this legend :-
'Years ago, this Nandi was taken on a cart for its consecration in front of a near by Shivalaya. However, the cart carrying Nandi broke in front of Mayureshwara's temple and Nandi-Maharaj sat before Mayureshwar's temple for ever. People tried their best to shift Nandi from this place but nandi did not move an inch. The artisan carrying cart had omen in the night. Nandi appeared in his dream and said, "I want to stay before Mayureshwar only. Don't try to shift me elsewhere forcefully, I won't come." People left with no other alternative dropped the idea of shifting Nandi to other place. Like this Nandiji was consecrated before Mayureshwar.
The main temple is made up of black stone. The temple constructed during Bahamani regime was built in typical Moghule style by Mr.Gole,a Hindu officer in the court of patshah.
The temple has four gates. In the eastern gate is Lakshminarayan, giver of Dharma. In the sourthern gate are parvati & shankar givers of Artha (desired goals). Then comes western gate where Rati & kama resides. Lastely in the northern gate reside, Mahivaraha (Earth & SUn).
Thus all deities & all sages resides in this temple. In the eight corners, there are eight statutes of Ganapati called EKDANTA, MAHODARA,GAJANANA,LAMBODAR,VIKATA, VIGHARAJA, DHUMRAVARNA & VAKRATUNDA.
In the temple complex there are trees of Shami, Mandar & Tarati. The tree of Tarati is also called as Kalpavruksha.
Devotees meditate under this tree & attain desired goals.
Before taking darshan of Mayureshwar, first take darshan of 'Nagnabhairava' on the left side of Mayureshwar, and offer him naivaidya of coconut & jaggary.
Nobody is allowed to enter the Sanctum & do the Pooja of Moreshwar on his own.The various virtuous deeds performed here are Abhishek Pooja, Sahastravartan,Japa Yadnya,Mahadwar Yatra etc.
IDOL
SHREE MAYURESHWAR'S IDOLThe deity 'Moreshwara' inside the sanctum is very attractive. It is in sitting posture, fasing east with the trunk turning left & smeared with vermillion mixed in oil. In it's eyes & navel, diamonds are embedded. On its head is the hood of Nagaraja. On left & right are brass idols of Siddhi & Buddhi. In front of the idol are the Mooshaka (Rat) & Mayura (Peacock).On doing Abhishek on 'Moreshwar' all desires are fulfilled.
The orignal idol of Moreshwar was small in size. As many layers of vermillion are applied on it, it looks bigger. Sometime after 100 &125 years this armour of vermillion casts off & orignal beautiful idol inside this armour is seen again. It has been heard that Mayureshwar's armour has been cast off in 1788 &1822 A.D. The orignal small idol was made up of atoms of sand,iron &diamonds & it is behind the present statue. It was consecrated by God Brahma. On its destruction by demon Sindhurasur, God Bhrama reconsecrated it twice. They enclosed the idol in tin sheet, So that nobody can try to destroy it.
ROUTE
Various routes going to Morgaon are as follows:
1. State transport buses are available from Pune's swargate bus depot.
2.On Pune-Solapur highway 56kms from Pune,Morgaon lies on the right side of chaufula.Morgaon via Pune-Hadapsar-loni-chaufula-supa is at a distance of 79 km.
3. Another route leading to Morgaon via Hadapsar-saswad-jejuri covers 64kms.
4. On the way to Morgaon have darshan of God Khandoba of jejuri & then go to Margaon by bus which is at a distance of 15 kms from jejuri.
5. On Pune-Solapur railway line,get down at Neera railway station & go to Morgaon by bus.
6. On Pune-Daund railway line, get down at Kedgaon & go to Morgaon by S.T.
FESTIVALS
DAILY PROGRAMMES & FESTIVALS IN MAYURESHWAR'S TEMPLEMoreshwar's pooja is done thrice a day. In the morning at 5'Oclock Prakshal Pooja is done. This pooja is done by Gurav poojari. 'Shodopachar Pooja' is done at 7'Oclock in morning & at 12'Oclock in the afternoon. These pooja's are done by Brahmin poojari. At the time of pooja Ganesh Atharvashirsha's Aavarthana (Repeatative cycles) are made.
In the morning pooja, Khichadi & Chapiti, in the afternoon pooja full meal & in the night milk & rice are offered as Naivaidyam to Mayureshwar. Temple remains open for darshan from 5 a.m. to 10.00 p.m.
Two festivals on Bhadrapada Shudda Chaturti & Magh Shuddha Chaturthi are celebrated on grand scale in Morgaon.
Besides this Vijayadashami (Dasehara) & Somavati Amavasya are also celebrated on big scale. On Vijayadashami Mayureshwar's Palanpuin begins at 11'Oclock in the night.
Palanquin procession is worth seeing. Fire crackers made in the village are burst on a large scale. Palkhi procession goes round the village for the whole night & at the break of dawn palkhi reaches at the Someshwar's temple. At that time, names villagers are read according to their ancestral hierachy. Programme called Annasantarpana. It means naivaidyam from different houses is gathered & it is distrubuted among devotes as mahaprasad. Nearly 10-15 thousand devotees come for such yatra.
OTHER INFORMATION
DEVINE ASCETICS OF MORGAON
1. Shreemad yogindracharaya appeared in Morgaon in Shaliwahan Shake 1499 & took samadhi in shake 1727. He spent his long 228 yrs life in worshipping & propitiating Ganeshyog. It is said that Shree Mayureshwar, himself in the guise of Bhramin gave him 9 parts of Mudgal purana & he had written his exposition on it. Importance of Ganapatis, yogaswaroop & Yogageeta is described in it.
2. Samadhi Mandir of Shree Ganesha Yogindracharya on the south coast of Kerela river is a place of tourist interests. In the same mandir there are samadi's of Shri Ankushdhari Maharaj & Shreemad Herambh Maharaj. Festivals & death anniversaries of this sect is in Morgaon near the temple.
3. Morgaon is a birthplace of famous hermit Morya Gosawi. He found Ganesh idol in Brahma Kamandalu Tirth. He consecrated this idol in the temple at Chinchwad. Morya Gosawi's Palkhi comes from Chinchwad to Morgaon on Bhadrapad & Magh Shudh Chatruthi. He took samadhi at Chinchwad in 1655 A.D.
4. Sukhakarta Dukhaharta Varta Vighnachi ......
A great saint Samarth Ramdas Swami wrote above said Aarti instantaneously after taking Mayrushwar's Darshan. This Aarti has become immortal in Maharashtra.
5. At the left side of Mayureshwar there is one small room called Vighneshwar's owari (owari means place reserved for meditation) At the end of seventeenth century a great Ganesh devotee known as Ganesh Yogindra used to stay in this owari. He had performed penances for 12 years. He had written his comments on Sanskrit Ganesh Purana. He took samadhi at Morgaon in 1727 A.D.
OTHER RELIGIOUS PLACES IN MORGAON
Morgaon is situated on the banks of river Karha. Legend heard about the origin of Karhaganga is ....
Once Brahamadeva misbehaved with Goddess Saraswati. He felt very much guilty of his behaviour. He became restless. To purify his mind he visited all holy places in the world, conducted all the rituals and collected the holy water (Tirth) in his Kamandalu. Then also he was not pacified so he came to Morgaon. He did Pooja-Abhishek on Mayureshwar. While taking holy rounds of Mayureshwar, Kamandalu filled with sacred water was tumbled down by Brahamadeva's leg. God Brahma was sorely dissappointed. While he was refilling his Kamandalu Shree Mayureshwar said, "O God Brahma ! Don't feel disappointed and don't fill this Kamandalu. Let this water be flown here in the form of river. Brahma Kamandalu Ganga i.e Karhaganga to destroy world's sin. You take a spoonful of sacred water and be purified."
Like this Karhaganga appeared in Morgaon. There are seven tirthas in the course of five miles of river Karha. They are Shree Ganesh Tirth, Bhima Tirth, Vyas Tirth, Rishi Tirth, Sarvapunya Tirth and Shree Ganeshgaya Tirth.
JADBHARAT
To the North of Karhaganga, at a distance of one mile there is a land of Jadbharat Muni. Previously there used to be a big Aashram of Jadbharat Muni. At present there is only one big rock having five lingas of Mahadev. It is necessary to take darshan of Jadbharat Rock when you visit Morgaon.
NAGNABHAIRAV
Nagnabhairav temple is situated to the east of Morgaon on the border of village. Yatra (Pilgrimage) is not completed without having darshan of Nagnabhairav. Jaggery and Coconut are to be bestowed as Naivedyam over there. He is caretaker of Kshetra Morgaon and he protects Ganesh devotees and give them prosperity. If it is not possible to visit this place, you can very well complete these rituals in the small temple of Nagnabhairav just to the left side of Mayureshwar's sanctum.
OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION
1. Morgaon Ganapati Devasthan Trust is under control of Chinchwad Devasthan Trust.
2. On taking appropriate donations from devotees, various types of rituals such as Pooja-Abhishek, Ekadashani, Sahastravartan, Japayagna, etc, are performed by temple trust.
3. 64 villages are donated to Morgaon. One fourth part of the revenue collected from these villages is given to temple district magistrate trustees look after the adminstration of temple.
4. Shree Mayureshwar has many ornaments of gold, silver and diamond.
5. Devotees coming to Morgaon should definately visit Saswad, Samadhi place of Sopandev Maharaj. Sangameshwar and Changawateshwar are also places of Pilgrim's interest.
6. Lodging arrangement is available at following places:
a. Dharmashala of temple trust is near the temple.
b. In Yogendrament Shri Suresh Takasale looks after lodging arrangement.
c. A good arrangement of lodging, boarding can be made at following two places -
i) Mr. Viju Dhere, morgaon, Dist. Pune.
ii) Mr. Kumar Wagh, durvankur, Morgaon, Tal. Baramiti, Dist. Pune Tel. No. STD-02112- 79752
Various religions rituals are also performed on behalf of devotees by above said people.
Panchdevtas i.e. Bhrama, vishnu, Shankar, Devi & Surya once meditated here to know who created them & for what purpose. A jyoti (flame) appeared before them in form of 'OM' Kara. From this 'OM' came out to Lord Ganapati with the elephant face.
