Chaturshringi Temple

The history of the temple dates back to the times of famous Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It’s said that there once lived a rich Peshwa named Durlabhsheth Pitambardas Mahajan. He was a great devotee of Devi Saptashringee. He used to travel almost 300kms, on every full moon of Chaitra month, to take the darshan of Goddess. But as the time passed and as he grew older, he was not able to go to the temple and so he became very sad. Because of his true devotion, Goddess presented herself in front of him and said that she will live near him, in the mountain of North-West Pune. Goddess asked him to dig in at this place, where he would find a statue of Devi. Durlabhsheth went to this place and digged out at the mentioned mountain and finally found the statue of Devi. Afterwards, Durlabhsheth built a temple over here, where he used to visit daily and worship Goddess with full faith. And now, this place is famous as Chaturshringi Temple.

Chaturshringi (Chatur means four) is a mountain with four peaks. The Chaturshringi temple is 90 feet high and 125 feet wide and is a symbol of power and faith. One has to climb more than 100 steps to reach the shrine of Goddess Chaturshringi. In the temple premises there are also temples of Goddess Durga and Lord Ganesh. This includes eight miniature idols of Ashtavinayaka. These small temples are located on the four separate hillocks. Also includes the temple of vetal maharaj at the baner pashan end.