Morya Gosavi information in English
Ganpati Bappa whom we also know as Ganeshji. But friends, have you ever wondered why the word ‘Morya’ is associated with Lord Ganesha? After all, who is Morya? Why is it called Ganpati Bappa Morya?
Dear readers, a unique journey of faith, devotion and devotion has been going on for the last 600 years. Crores of devotees participate in this yatra. Some of them know about this journey, while some do not and are just going without knowing.
Friends, actually we are talking about those crores of Ganesh devotees, who have been raising slogans of Ganpati Bappa Morya for years, but most of them do not know who Morya actually was?
Friends, it is possible that like thousands of Ganesh devotees of the country, you too do not know the story of Ganpati Bappa's Morya, but every child of this area of Chinchwad, 18 kilometers away from Pune, knows the story of Morya.
Morya Gosavi is a great Ganpati devotee of the 14th century whose faith reached the Peshwas of that era and they also came to bow their heads at the feet of Morya Gosavi. The Morya Gosavi Samadhi Temple built in his name is today the center of faith of crores of devotees.
This temple was established by Morya Gosavi himself in Chinchwad, about 18 kilometers from Pune. The story of the construction of this temple is very interesting. It is said that every Ganesh Chaturthi, Morya Gosavi used to go on foot from Chinchwad to visit Lord Ganesha at Mayureshwar temple, 95 kilometers away. This sequence continued from his childhood till 117 years.
Due to his old age, he started facing a lot of difficulty in reaching Mayureshwar temple. While walking through the forest on the way, he had to face many difficulties.
Trustee of Chinchwad Devasthan, Vishram Dev told that it was the year 1492. Morya Gosavi was 117 years old. Once Mayureshwar ji i.e. Ganeshji ji came in his dream and told him that when you take bath you will find me.
Exactly what Morya Gosavi ji had seen in his dream happened. When Morya Gosavi came out of the pond after taking bath, he had a small idol of Mayureshwar Ganapati in his hands. He came to Chinchwad with the same idol, installed it here and started worshipping. Since then, the popularity of Chinchwad temple gradually spread far and wide.
Ganesh devotees from different corners of the country including Maharashtra started coming here to have darshan of Bappa. As soon as you enter this temple, you will see the imprint of Lord Ganesha in every particle.
It is believed that even when the temple did not have this form, a huge crowd of devotees used to gather here. The devotees who come here not only come to see Ganpati Bappa, but also come to seek the blessings of Morya, the biggest devotee of Vinayak.
For the devotees, Ganapati and Morya had now become one and the same. Chinchwad village, situated 15 kilometers away from Pune city, is famous by the name of Morya Gosavi.
Morya Gosavi Temple is considered the pride of this village. By becoming the biggest devotee of Ganesha, Morya Gosavi got the boon of Ganesha and achieved Siddhi by linking his name with the name of Ganesha forever.
This is the reason that in Chinchwad villages, when people meet each other, they do not say Namaste but say Morya. In 1375, Morya Gosavi was also born with the blessings of Lord Ganesha.
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FAQ
What were the names of Morya Gosavi's parents?
Morya Gosavi's mother's name was Parvati Bai Morya Gosavi and father's name was Vamanbhatta Gosavi. His parents were residents of Shali village in Karnataka.
What was the name of Morya Gosavi's guru?
The name of Morya Gosavi's guru was Yogiraj Siddh.
For how many days did Morya Gosavi do penance?
Morya Gosavi was a great devotee of Lord Ganapati. He performed rigorous penance for 42 days with full heart and faith to get the darshan of Lord Ganesha. People there say that his devotion was so strong that, pleased with his penance, Lord Ganesha appeared before him. And then he moved to Theur in Pune district of Maharashtra.
Was Morya Gosavi also miraculous?
Yes friends! It is said, that Morya Gosavi had performed many miracles in his life. There are many stories prevalent on this, according to one of them, once Morya Gosavi was going to collect milk, then he saw a girl who was blind. She couldn't see.
Morya Gosavi went to that girl and asked her to choose the soil of the same place where he was standing, the girl touched that soil with the help of Morya Gosavi ji and as soon as she touched the soil, the same thing happened to the girl. My eyesight came back.
According to another story
Morya Gosavi used to go on foot every month from Chinchwad to visit Morgaon temple. Once he was late in reaching the temple. When seen from distance, the temple was locked. But as soon as he entered the temple, the lock in the temple opened automatically and due to which he did not face any problem in worshiping Lord Mayureshwar in the temple.
Where did Morya Gosavi die?
Morya Gosavi died at Sanjeevan place in Chinchwad.
What was the name of Morya Gosavi's son?
Morya Gosavi's son's name was Chintamani and later his son Chintamani built a temple of Ganapati over the Samadhi in around the 17th century.
It is said that Saint Tukaram used to address Chintamani by the name Dev and after this his family also started calling him by the name Dev.
Six descendants of Morya Gosavi
Chintamani Maharaj, who was the second god. He was succeeded by Narayan Maharaj-I, Chintamani Maharaj-II, Dharnidhar Maharaj, Narayan Maharaj-II and Chintamani Maharaj-III. The temple at Chinchwad houses the shrines of all the six descendants of Morya Gosavi.
There is a story in the Pune district gazette, according to which, during the reign of the third Dev (Narayan Maharaj I), the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb sent meat as food for Dev, which Dev transformed into jasmine flowers. Impressed by this, Aurangzeb gifted eight villages (Baner, Chikhali, Chinchwad, Maan, Charoli Budruk, Chincholi and Bhosari) to the Dev family. These villages are today suburbs of Pune city.
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