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Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Temple Shegaon

Gajanan Maharaj 

Shegaon has acquired fame as a pilgrimage center because Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj lived there. Hindus consider Gajanan Maharaj a saint with miraculous powers. The origins of Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj are untraceable in history. Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj took "Samadhi" at Shegaon. Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Temple is built on the Samadhi of Gajanan Maharaj at Shegaon. Sant Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan is the biggest temple trust in the Vidarbha region and is so called as "Pandharpur of Vidarbha". It attracts pilgrims from all over Maharashtra.

Gajanan Maharaj from Shegaon (Buldhana District), Maharashtra, India was an Indian guru of Dattatreya tradition (sampradaya). He is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya and Lord Ganesha. It is not known when he was born but his first known appearance in Shegaon, perhaps as a youngster in his 20s, dates to February 1878. He took Samadhi on 8 September 1910, and the date is marked as Samadhi-din by his disciples (ऋषी पंचमी ).^[1] The date of his first appearance is also marked as an auspicious day.