Gajanan Maharaj temple to be opened in US

A temple of Shri Gajanan Maharaj will be opened tomorrow in the US state of Georgia, a temple trust official said here today.
Devotees from all over the US are expected to arrive for the installation of the idol of Gajanan Maharaj in the temple at Dunwoody in Georgia tomorrow, said Sunil Joshi, trustee of the Shri Gajanan Maharaj temple trust in Thane.
The about 3-feet tall marble idol of Gajanan Maharaj, to be installed at the temple, has been sculpted at Pandharpur in Maharashtra, he said.
Several religious programmes have been scheduled at the temple following the installation, he said.

Saint Gajanan Maharaj hailed from Shegaon in Maharashtra's Buldhana District.
The Sant Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan is the largest temple trust in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
It is not known when he was born, but his first known appearance, as a youngster in his 20s, dates to February 1878. He took Samadhi on September 8, 1910.