Anonymous devotee donates 35 kg gold to Siddhivinayak Mandir in Mumbai

Siddhivinayak Mandir, known to be Mumbai’s most funded temple and one of the richest shrines in India, has received 35 kilograms of gold as a donation. According to the news reports, the donation of the gilded metal was made last week, and it is estimated to be worth INR 14 crore.
Built in November 1801 by a contractor, Laxman Vithu Patil, and funded by an affluent woman in order to seek Lord Ganpati’s blessings for fertility, Siddhivinayak Mandir in Mumbai became famous after the year 1975 for its reputation of granting humble prayers. With Bollywood celebrities visiting this temple so often, it became all the more famous among the general masses.


Siddhivinayak Mandir receives donations in millions of rupees from devotees every year. While, many devotees prefer donating cash, others offer gold or silver to the presiding deity, Ganesha.
The temple trust reportedly told the press that a donation of 35 kg of gold has been made by an anonymous devotee. Adesh Bandekar, Chairperson of Siddhivinayak Temple Trust, revealed that the donated gold was used as a plating on the door and ceiling of the shrine.

News has it that the gold plating was done while the temple was shut for the yearly scheduled programme from January 15 to 19, 2020. All these days, the image of the deity is coloured in saffron and the consecration ceremony is done.

As revealed to the press, Siddhivinayak Mandir committee also uses the donated money for helping the needy and social work.

The shrine houses a small mandap with the sanctum sanctorum for Siddhi Vinayak and his spouses, Riddhi-Siddhi. The wooden doors of the inner shrine bears carved images of the Ashtavinayak or the eight-limbed self-manifested Ganesha, worshipped across shrines in Maharashtra. On the fringe of the shrine, is a temple of Hindu deity Hanuman as well.