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Chintaman Siddha Ganesh Mandir

This Ganesh Chaturthi take a trip to the very famous Chintaman Ganesh temple of Sehore to soak in the grand celebrations that take place every year. Among those naturally originated swayambhu (self manifested) temples in India, Sehore's Chintaman Ganesh temple also marks a place.Large number of devotees throng the temple to seek divine blessings. Read on to know more on some of the interesting tales associated with the temple and why devotees have a strong belief in drawing a reverse Swastik.

This Temple is of historical importance as its dates back to the time of Maharaja Vikramaditya. Sehore was commonly known as Siddhpur in the kingdom of Vikramaditya. Chintaman Ganesh Temple is situated in the west-north of Sehore.

 

It is said that the ganesh idol in this temple was established by Vikramaditya and around 2000 years ago, the king of Ujjayani (Avantika) used to worship lord Chintaman Ganesh. One day lord Ganesh appeared in king's dream and gave him a message that he would appear in the form of lotus in one of the rivers in the west of the temple. Ganesha instructed the king to collect the flower and bring it with him and the king did exactly the same. However, on his way back the king again comes across a divine voice that instructed the king to take the flower anywhere he wanted to before sunrise. After sun rise the flower would turn into an idol and stay right there.

On the way the wheel of the chariot got stuck in the mud and couldn't be pulled out and as soon as the sunrises, flower turns into Lord Ganesha's idol which was also half buried in to the ground. Efforts were made to pull out the statue but all efforts went in vein. The King finally decided to leave the idol there thinking this was Lord Ganesha's wish and decided to build a temple there itself.