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Last Diwali festival season my office was closed for four days long weekend vacation. To make the most of my time I booked  Ashtavinayak Yatra  tour with one of many tour operators in Mumbai. The tour was of 3 days & 2 nights. So myself with my parents joined the tour of Ashtavinayak Darshan (means to worship 8 Ganeshas).  The tour bus picked us up @ 7:30 am & more families joined us on route. Our first destination was Varad Vinayak in Mahad village. We reached there @ 9:30am. It is one of the Ashtavinayak temple in Mahad  village near Khopoli & Karjat in Raigad, M aharastra. The temple also has a Shiv Mandir in its premises. The original Ganesh idol was found in a lake adjoining the present temple premises, but as time passed the original idol developed cracks & hence after proper rituals it was immersed in the lake & later was placed in a glass frame in Datta mandir near the present temple. The Datta mandir has main idol of Lord Datta & also ha