City devotees pay obeisance at Ranthambore Ganesh

A group of over 75 devotees from Mumbai, Delhi and suburban Bhayandar offered prayers at the famous Lord Ganesh temple in Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan.
As many as 60 devotees from Mumbai and neighbouring Bhayandar and 15 pilgrims from Delhi converged at Ranthambore Fort temple in Sawai Madhopur and jointly offered prayers to the elephant-headed deity on September 4 to mark the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Devotees under the banner of Jai Ganesh Mitra Mandal in Mumbai have been visiting the place for the past 24 years as part of the annual pilgrimage, said Pramod Harlalka, one of the devotees of the group.

Built in 1299 AD, the temple is about 12 kms from Sawai Madhopur and is visited by thousands of visitors during the festive from across India and abroad.
Explaining the significance of the temple, Harlalka, said, "It is the only Ganesha idol in the world in which the deity has three eyes, thus, called as 'trinetra' Ganesha. It is the most famous and oldest temple of Lord Ganesha in Rajasthan."
He claimed that Lord Ganesh of Ranthambhore has a lore that if a homeless devotee visits the place, his wish to own a house is surely fulfilled there.