About Temple
An idyllic temple located on the bank of the Mina River, dedicated to an 18th-century Vaishnava saint Haribābā Bhoṇḍve.
Time Period
1777 CE to 28th March 1808 CE
Patron
Maratha
Deity
Haribaba (Samarth cult)
Location
Narayangaon
Narayangaon is an important village in the Pune district situated on the bank of the Mina River at a distance of 78 km from Pune. It is easily accessible by the Pune-Nashik road. Some old temples can be seen along the Mina River in this village. These include Haribābā Temple, Bhāgeśvara Temple, Mārutī Temple, Muktāī Temple etc. Among all these temples, the Haribābā Temple (19.117901, 73.968723) is a bit special.
Mina River
Haribābā Bhoṇḍve was a noble saint in the 18th century. He attained samādhī here, on the river bank in 1777 CE. Then an east-facing Samādhī temple was built on the left bank of the river.
A samādhī of Saint Haribābā Bhoṇḍve.
An inscription in the temple suggests that the sabhāmaṇḍapa of the Samādhī temple may have been built later. One can see Haribābā’s handwritten Gāthā of 18000 abhaṅgas and another handwritten pothī (manuscript) of ‘Haribodha’ based on 'Dāsabodha' in this Samādhī temple. Haribābā’s samādhī-śiḷā (stele) is in the centre of the garbhagṛha. The images of Viṭṭala-Rukmiṇī are also behind this samādhī.
Images of Viṭṭala and Rukmiṇī.
The antarāḷa-like structure has two windows. The sabhāmaṇḍapa in front of the samādhī has three doors. A kūrmaśilpa is in the centre of the sabhāmaṇḍapa. There are four big and four small niches in the sabhāmaṇḍapa. Maṇḍapa’s roof is square and tapering towards the top. A bell is hung in the middle of the ceiling, with an inscription in Moḍī script. Also, an inscription in the Marathi language has been embedded on the right side of the main entrance. This inscription is engraved on a stele measuring 55 cm wide and 24.5 cm high.
Reading of the Inscription:
- Śrī Gaṇādhīpataye namaḥ Śrī Pāṇḍuraṅga caraṇī Haribābā yāñc
- ā sabāṃanḍapa Śālivāhan śake 1730 || Vibhavnāma Saṃvachare mā
- he cētra suddha 1 pratipadā te dinī kārya samāpti samasta siṃ
- pī Nāmdev miḷon sadgurū kārye kele āse kasbā nā
- rāyaṇgāv kāregar Ghāsirāmjī valad Bulājī ga
- vaṇḍi vasti kasabe majakur Śrī Pāṇḍuraṅgārpaṇmastu hā
Translation: The construction of the Haribābā Samādhī mandir’s sabhāṃaṇḍapa has been completed collectively by all the people of the Nāmdeva Śiṃpī community in the year 1730 of Śālivāhan śaka, Vibhav saṃvatsara, on the day of Caitra Śuddha Pratipadā (Monday) i.e. Varṣapratipadā or Guḍhīpāḍava (28th March 1808). This construction was carried out by a mason named Ghāsīrām Bulājī Gavaṇḍī.
Marathi inscription.
The exterior of the temple is flat and there is a small temple of Siddheśvara to the south outside this temple. An inscription in the Marathi language is engraved on this temple. There is also a similar inscription on a Samādhī in front of this temple. The śikhara of the Haribābā Samādhi Mandir is attractive and seems to have undergone some restoration. The garbhagṛha of the temple has two external ventilators for light arrangement and there is a gomukha at the north. A row of bilvapatras can be seen between the śikhara and the jaṅghā.
The śikhara of the Haribābā Samādhi temple.
The temple premises are enclosed by a fencing wall and the flowering trees of Chāfā (Plumeria acutifolia) and Pārijātak (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) are next to the temple.
The flowering trees of Chāfā (Plumeria acutifolia).
A śivalinga, Śiva temple.
Shri. Subhash Bhondave is a priest of this Samādhi temple and he belongs to the Śiṃpī community (the tailor).
About Temple
An idyllic temple located on the bank of the Mina River, dedicated to an 18th-century Vaishnava saint Haribābā Bhoṇḍve.
Time Period
1777 CE to 28th March 1808 CE
Patron
Maratha
Deity
Haribaba (Samarth cult)
Location
Narayangaon
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