Shri Mayureshwar Mandir or Shri Moreshwar Mandir
is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ganesha, the god of wisdom. It is located in Morgaon in Pune District, about 80 kilometres away from Pune city
The temple is the starting and ending point of a pilgrimage of eight revered Ganesha temples called Ashtavinayaka..
A legend relates the temple to killing of the demon Sindhu by Ganesha.According to the Ganesha Purana, Ganesha incarnated as Mayuresvara, who has six arms and a white complexion. His mount is a peacock. He was born to Shiva and Parvati in the Treta yuga, for the purpose of killing the demon Sindhu
Parvati underwent austerities meditating on Ganesha – "the supporter of the entire universe" – for twelve years at Lenyadri (another Ashtavinayak site, where Ganesha is worshiped as the son of Parvati). Pleased by her penance, Ganesha blessed her by the boon that he would be born as her son. In due course, Ganesha was born to Parvati at Lenyadri and named as Gunesha by Shiva. Little Gunesha once knocked an egg from a mango tree, from which emerged a peacock. Gunesha mounted the peacock and assumed the name Mayuresvara.
The exact date of building of the temple is unknown, though the Ganapatya saint Morya Gosavi is known to be associated with it. The temple flourished due to the patronage of the Peshwa rulers.
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