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Trishund Ganapati, Pune

Ganesha with three trunks, riding a peacock

Trishund Ganapati
Trishund Ganapati

In this temple Ganesha has three trunks and six arms, and he sits on a peacock instead of a mouse. The three trunks stand for Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.

It was built about 250 years ago, in the Peshwa era, by Bhimgiri ji.

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