ओंकारेश्वर मंदिर, शनिवार पेठ, पुणे
Today at this temple
Quick facts
- Primary deity
- शिव
- Tradition
- shaiva
- Year founded
- 1740
- Founder
- 1740 मध्ये पेशवा बाजीराव I यांनी बांधले; मुठा नदीकाठी; अनंत चतुर्दशीच्या विसर्जनाचे ठिकाण
- Managing trust
- ट्रस्ट + महानगरपालिका
- Daily footfall
- दररोज 2,000-5,000
- Photography
- outside_only
- Non-Hindu policy
- all_welcome
- Dress code
- Modest attire
- Accessibility
- 👴
- VIP darshan
- —
- Typical visit
- 45–120 min
Sthala Purana — the story
Peshwa-era historical founding (1740)
References: Shiva Purana Classical Shaiva
Darshan & aartis
- 06:30सकाळ30 min · Mangala aarti
- 19:00संध्या30 min · Sandhya aarti
Plan your visit
Pune (PNQ) — 14 km
Pune Junction — 4 km
Use Shaniwarwada parking or public transport
Use Shaniwarwada parking or public transport
Pune central hotels (2 km)
Kasba Peth eateries
Year-round. Mahashivratri (2026 approximately 7 March 2026) and Anant Chaturdashi (2026 approximately 17 September 2026) peak
- Modest attire
- For Anant Chaturdashi: crowds extreme
- Combine with Shaniwarwada, Kasba Ganpati, Pune Manache-5 walking-tour
Gallery & media
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
- 1740
Peshwa Bajirao I built the temple on Mutha riverbank
- 1893
Lokmanya Tilak Ganesh Chaturthi revival established the Manache-5 visarjan-procession tradition culminating at Omkareshwar Ghat
- 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
- Signatureमहाशिवरात्रिAnnual
Location & nearby temples
- पाताळेश्वर गुहा मंदिर, पुणे1.2 km · Pune
- श्री भिकारदास मारुती मंदिर, सदाशिव पेठ, पुणे1.5 km · Pune
- श्री तांबडी जोगेश्वरी देवी मंदिर, पुणे1.9 km · Pune
- श्री कसबा गणपती मंदिर, पुणे1.9 km · Pune
- श्रीमंत दगडूशेठ हलवाई गणपती2.0 km · Pune
- श्री त्रिशुंड मयुरेश्वर गणपती मंदिर, पुणे2.5 km · Pune
Scriptural references
- Shiva Purana
- Classical Shaiva
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