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Moti Dungri Ganesh Temple

Jaipur, Rajasthan · 26.8932°, 75.8170°

GaneshaKachhwaha of Jaipur, under Madho Singh INagara-style temple below a hill palace with Scottish castle detailing, in limestone and marble
Sacred since
1761 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1761 (Seth Jai Ram Paliwal)
Kachhwaha of Jaipur, under Madho Singh I

History & significance

A Ganesha temple below the Moti Dungri hill in Jaipur, built in 1761 and now visited by well over a hundred thousand devotees a year. It stands close to the city's Birla Mandir and is one of Jaipur's most popular shrines.

Sthala katha — the legend

The sindoor-coloured image is held to be more than five hundred years old, brought from Gujarat to Udaipur and then carried to Jaipur in 1761.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Kachhwaha of Jaipur, under Madho Singh I