Built almost two centuries ago, this is one of the oldest temple of the city. It was built by Babaji Apaji Fanse, brother of Raoji Apaji Fanse , Dewan of Baroda State. The area around the temple is named after him, known as Babajipura. The temple has 3 entrances, where the main entrance leads to shrine of Lord Ganesha with…
Ganesh
Just like any other festival, the Ganesh Chaturthi is also celebrated in all pomp and colors in Baroda. Along with the royal Ganpati, idols of Ganpati are installed by almost every small “mandal”(community groups) of the city. Be it the royal Ganpati or a huge one installed in a temporary arrangement, or a small installed in someone’s house, each one of…
Shivji ki Savari is a grand chariot procession of Lord Shiva, organized by Satyam Shivam Sundaram Samiti on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. The procession carries the idols of the family of Lord Shiva on a chariot around the city. The statue has the idols of Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati & their sons Ganesha and Kartikeya seated on a huge…
Sometimes, ‘to find something, you have to loose yourself ‘, this is exactly the case with this age-old Dhundiraj Ganpati Mandir, to find it you have to first loose yourself in the lanes and by-lanes of the old city. The temple is one of the oldest Ganesh Temples of Gujarat and has a sense of serenity and seclusion to it,…