Ganesh Prayers
Lord Ganesha — Vighna-harta, prathama-pujya. Every traditional puja begins with him; the Ganesh Aarti and Ganesh Chalisa accompany every new beginning, every Wednesday, and every Sankashti Chaturthi.
6 prayers
Ganesh Chalisa
Ganesh Aarti — Jai Ganesh Deva
Sankatnashan Ganesh Stotram — Pranamya Shirasa Devam
Ganapati Atharvashirsha — Om Namaste Ganapataye
Vakratunda Mahakaya — Ganesh Dhyana Shloka
Ganesha Pancharatnam — Mudakaratta-Modakam
Where this is recited
Temples and tirthas for this deity
Mana Village
Mana Village — formally renamed "the first village of India" in 2022 — is the last inhabited Indian settlement before the Tibet border, 3 km north of Badrinath at 3,219m. Home to Vyas Gufa where Maharishi Vyas composed the Mahabharata, Ganesh Gufa where Ganesh wrote it, and Bhim Pul where Bhima crossed the Saraswati.
ChamoliSakshi Vinayak Temple
Sakshi Vinayak — "the witness Ganapati" — is the Ganesh before whom a completed Kashi pilgrimage is attested. Tradition holds that pilgrims who finish the Panchkroshi parikrama present themselves here, so that Ganesh stands witness that the yatra was truly done.
VaranasiDhundiraj Ganesh Temple
Dhundiraj Ganesh — Dhundiraja Vinayaka — is worshipped as the great guardian Ganapati of Kashi, foremost among the city's fifty-six Vinayakas and a presiding Ganesha of the Vishwanath precinct. Tradition holds that his grace is sought as Vighnaharta before the darshan of Vishwanath, so that the pilgrimage proceeds without obstacle.
VaranasiBakaria Kund
Bakaria Kund is a historic sacred tank in northern Kashi, in the Jaitpura area near Pili Kothi, where the ruins of Gupta-era temple structures have been recorded. It is visited today as a heritage site — a place of quiet historical reflection rather than active worship — within the layered religious landscape of old Varanasi.
Varanasi