{"id":24802,"date":"2013-10-03T14:51:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T09:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/?p=24802"},"modified":"2020-06-15T03:37:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T22:07:27","slug":"vajreshwari-a-religious-tourist-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bharatestates.com\/blog\/vajreshwari-a-religious-tourist-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Vajreshwari \u2013 A Religious Tourist Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vajreshwari\"Among the many beautiful places to explore around Mumbai, one cannot miss the natural but religiously significant place called Vajreshwari. This small but splendid village is located at the Tansa River banks in Bhivandi city of Thane district in the state of Maharashtra. This place is just 75 kilometres away from Mumbai city while 31 kilometres from Vasai. The place is better known for its magnificent Hindu temple known as Vajreshwari temple which attracts real good number of devotees and tourists alike. The actual name of the temple is Shree Vajreshwari Yogini Devi Mandir. The temple is situated on the Mandagiri hills close to the post office of Vajreshwari village.Initially the village was called Vadvali but later on it is changed to Vajreshwari in order to honour the goddess Vajreshwari who is the main deity of the famous temple Vajreshwari. The place is also known for its several hot springs spread all over the village. In this small village mainly simple Marathi people resides while in the surrounding forests some tribal community also live. This place is naturally blessed and makes a perfect weekend getaway<\/a> because of the presence of three rivers in its close vicinity. These rivers are Tejsa, Tansa and Surya that adds beauty to the place. There is another fact which may interest you. This village is said to be formed by a volcanic eruption.The temple of Vajreshwari was built in the year 1739 by Chimaji Appa. He was the younger brother and Military commander of Peshwa Baji Rao I. There is a story behind the creation of this temple as well. When regular efforts to defeat Portuguese at the Bassein Fort in Vasai were not resulted in success for three years Chimaji Appa prayed to goddess Vajreshwari if he would be successful in his mission he would build a temple for her. Goddess accepted his prayer and he defeated Portuguese and conquered the Fort. As he promised, he built the temple for the goddess. The architecture of the temple is based on the Bassein Fort. There is a Nagarkhana (drum house) situated at the main entrance of the temple. The surrounding wall is made of thick stone just like a fort. There are fifty two steps to reach the temple from ground. You can also see the golden tortoise symbolizing the incarnation of Lord Vishnu and worshipped as Kurma on the step.There are various legends are attached to this place.<\/em><\/p>\n