Saras Baug Ganpati - Pune Attractions | Places Near By Pune

One of the major landmarks of Pune includes Saras Baug(Bagh). It's said that this place was a lake, long years ago,but the lake got dried up, and today what we have is the land, known as Saras Baug.The Ganpati temple of Saras Baug is really very famous, and is also known as Talyatla Ganpati, since there was a lake here, years ago.

Timings:
Daily 3 Aartis are performed in this temple.
The schedule is as follows:

• Sansthan Panchamrut Pooja : 5.30 am Abhishekh and bathing of the Ganesha idol is perfomed.

• Morning Aarti : 6.40 am After bathing of the idol, the daily Aarti is perfomed.

• Evening Aarti : 7.15 pm Evening aarti is performed.

Address of Temple:
The temple is located near famous Swargate, a big public Bus Transportation Stand.
The address is : Swargate, Pune, Maharashtra 411002

History of Temple:
The temple was built by Shrimant Nanasaheb Peshwa in the 18th century. He built the lake at the foothills of Parvati and an island in the middle of this lake, which had a beautiful garden in the middle, and was named as "Sarasbaug".

There is one more speciality of Saras Baug.The Peshwas used to discuss their strategies against Nizam and British Empire by sitting in the boats and riding in the Saras Baug lake.It's said that the sailors of the boat were people who didn't understand Marathi or Hindi, so that there was no danger of the strategies being leaked and to have complete secrecy.

Speciality of the Temple:
The trunk of the idol is right sided. And it's mentioned in the Hindu mythology that Ganesha idol with right headed trunk is often called as  “Navasacha Ganapati” or “Navasala Pavanara Ganapati” ('Ganapati bestows whenever humbly genuinely prayed a wish' in Marathi).
There is also a small pond and great park area, besides the temple, where one can really enjoy.It's definitely one of the must visit places of Pune