Pune’s Dagdusheth Ganpati temple honoured for highest annual visitors

Written by Ananya Shetty

The Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Temple in Pune recently received two recognitions for recording the highest annual footfall among Ganesh temples worldwide this year.

“The temple receives 35,000 to 40,000 visitors daily, 50,000-60,000 weekly, and sees a peak of 2 lakh devotees on Ganesh Chaturthi,” temple treasurer Mahesh Suryawanshi said. “Around 2 crore people visit during the 10 days of Ganeshotsav, including nearly 700 foreign nationals annually. Devotion and the temple’s social work draw this footfall,” he added.

The temple received the certificates from the Winners Book of World Records, an organisation that certifies exceptional talent, mainly from India, and the Universe Book of World Records on November 29.

The temple, Suryawanshi said, was ass