Omkareshwar Temple, Shaniwar Peth, Pune

Omkareshwar Temple, Shaniwar Peth, Pune

📍 Pune, Pune City, MaharashtraVerified
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Open
● Open
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Next aarti
Evening
19:00 · in 88 min
Crowd right now
Moderate
Weather
40°C ⛅
0% rain

Today at this temple

શનિવાર, 25 એપ્રિલ, 2026Sunrise 06:10 · Sunset 18:54
Tithi
navami
shukla
Nakshatra
Ashlesha
Yoga
Ganda
Abhijit muhurta
12:08–12:56
Today's darshan timeline
12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM12 AM
🔥 Rahu kaal 09:21 – 10:56

Quick facts

Primary deity
Shiva
Tradition
shaiva
Year founded
1740
Founder
Built 1740 CE by PESHWA BAJIRAO I on the banks of the MUTHA RIVER at Shaniwar Peth near Shaniwarwada (Peshwa palace). This is PUNE'S OMKARESHWAR — a Peshwa-era Shiva-temple distinct from Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga Narmada (MP). The temple is iconic for its OMKARESHWAR GHAT location where Pune's annual Ganesh Chaturthi Anant Chaturdashi VISARJAN PROCESSION CULMINATES with Kasba Ganpati leading — the visarjan-ghat is historically-important to Pune-civic-identity
Managing trust
Trust-managed; Maharashtra state endowment + Pune Municipal Corporation heritage
Daily footfall
2,000-5,000 daily
Photography
outside_only
Non-Hindu policy
all_welcome
Dress code
Modest attire
Accessibility
👴
VIP darshan
—
Typical visit
45–120 min

Sthala Purana — the story

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Peshwa-era historical founding (1740)

References: Shiva Purana Classical Shaiva

Darshan & aartis

Sun
06:00–21:00
Mon
06:00–21:00
Tue
06:00–21:00
Wed
06:00–21:00
Thu
06:00–21:00
Fri
06:00–21:00
Sat
06:00–21:00
  • 06:30
    Morning
    30 min · Mangala aarti
  • 19:00
    Evening
    30 min · Sandhya aarti

Plan your visit

✈️ Nearest airport

Pune (PNQ) — 14 km

🚆 Nearest railway

Pune Junction — 4 km

🚌 How to reach locally

Use Shaniwarwada parking or public transport

🅿️ Parking

Use Shaniwarwada parking or public transport

🏨 Where to stay

Pune central hotels (2 km)

🍽 Prasad & food

Kasba Peth eateries

🧘 Best time to visit

Year-round. Mahashivratri (2026 approximately 7 March 2026) and Anant Chaturdashi (2026 approximately 17 September 2026) peak

🎒 What to carry
  • Modest attire
  • For Anant Chaturdashi: crowds extreme
  • Combine with Shaniwarwada, Kasba Ganpati, Pune Manache-5 walking-tour

Deity & iconography

Height of murti
75 cm
Vahana
Nandi
Adornments
Shiva-Lingam (Omkareshwar) in Peshwa-era sanctum. Daily-abhishekam with Mutha-river-water and Gangajal. The temple is-iconic-for-its-RIVERFRONT-GHAT-LOCATION where the annual Ganesh-Chaturthi-Anant-Chaturdashi-visarjan-procession culminates — Kasba Ganpati (1st of Manache-5) leads the procession to Omkareshwar Ghat for the city's formal-visarjan
Consorts on panel
Parvati subsidiary
Favored bhoga
Bilva-patra, Mutha-river-water, dhatura, coconut
Mantras chanted here
Om Namah Shivaya · Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
Worship purpose
Mahashivratri observance; Pune Ganesh Chaturthi Anant Chaturdashi visarjan-ghat participation (major civic-religious-event); Pune-heritage walking-tour inclusion; riverside-Shiva-devotional-destination

Architecture & art

1740 Peshwa-era Maratha riverbank temple

Style
1740 Peshwa-era Maratha-vernacular architecture on Mutha riverbank at Shaniwar Peth; modest compound; adjacent to Shaniwarwada (Peshwa palace). Riverfront ghat-steps are the temple's most-iconic architectural-feature
Shikhara height
12 m
Built of
Stone and lime-mortar Peshwa-era
Notable features
1740 Peshwa Bajirao I construction · Mutha-riverbank ghat · OMKARESHWAR GHAT VISARJAN SITE — Pune's Ganesh Chaturthi Anant Chaturdashi procession culmination-site · Kasba Ganpati-led visarjan procession ends here · Adjacent to Shaniwarwada · Pune-heritage walking-tour site
Protection status
state_protected

History timeline

  1. 1740

    Peshwa Bajirao I built the temple on Mutha riverbank

  2. 1893

    Lokmanya Tilak Ganesh Chaturthi revival established the Manache-5 visarjan-procession tradition culminating at Omkareshwar Ghat

  3. Post-1947

    Modern Pune civic-religious Ganesh Chaturthi tradition continues; Omkareshwar Ghat visarjan attended by lakhs annually

Special phenomena

Pune Ganesh Chaturthi visarjan-ghat

Omkareshwar Ghat is the culmination-site of Pune's iconic Ganesh Chaturthi Anant Chaturdashi visarjan-procession led by Kasba Ganpati (1st of Manache-5); one of India's largest urban-religious-processions

Poojas & sevas offered here

No bookable poojas listed yet

Festivals & signature events

  • Mahashivratri
    Annual
    Signature

Location & nearby temples

Scriptural references

Shiva Purana
Classical Shaiva
Shaiva foundations

Sources & credits

✓ Verified by 2026-04-25. Seeded from training + Wikipedia. 1740 Peshwa-dating documented. Video metadata intentionally empty.

  • Omkareshwar Temple Pune — source · CC-BY-SA 4.0
✓ Last verified 2026-04-25
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