Shree Kasba Ganpati,Pune Kasba peth, Maharashtra, India. 1st Manache Ganapati or pre-eminent Ganeshas idols of Pune

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Dates back to when a young Shivaji and his mother Jijabai came to Pune in 1630. A Ganpati temple was subsequently commissioned by the queen in 1639 and this idol became the first to be honoured by Tilak when he initiated Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav, and is therefore, the presiding deity in Pune.

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