History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.127

v2.c23.127

⁵⁰¹ **स्वस्ति श्रीगणनायको गजमुखो मोरेश्वरे सिद्धिदे बल्लाळो मुरुडे विनायक इति ख्यातो मढे ओझरे। विघ्नेशः खलु रांजणे गणपतिश्चिन्तामणिस्थेउरे लेण्याद्रौ गिरिजात्मजः शुभदिने कुर्यात्सदा मङ्गलम् ॥** The eight places are indicated by thick type. **मोरेश्वर** is मोरगांव near Jejuri, **सिद्धिदे** refers to सिद्धटेक (about 30 miles from Dhond), **मढे** refers to मढेग्राम (about 4 miles from Khopoli). **मुरुड** is the capital of the Siddis on the west coast south of Bombay. **थेऊर** is 12 miles from Poona and Leṇyādri is three miles from Junnar. Rañjanagaon is 30 miles from Poona. Besides these there are famous Gaṇapati shrines at Chinchwad and at Puleṁ near Ratnagiri on the sea coast. Ojhar (where there is the shrine of Vighneśvara) is 28 miles from Poona and 8 miles from Junnar. In 15 Bom. 612 a scheme was framed by the Bombay High Court for the famous shrine of Maṅgalamūrti at Chinchwad near Poona which has under its jurisdiction the shrines at Morgaon, Theur and Siddhaṭeka (p. 619).