Sawai Madhopur : Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan has the only temple in the world where Ganeshji is seated with his entire family (wife Riddhi and Siddhi, two sons Shubh and Labh). Every year lakhs of devotees come to this temple for darshan, and buy sweets from the shops outside the temple and offer them to Bappa. After this, they take the prasad home and distribute it among their family members and acquaintances, so that they too can get Bappa’s blessings. But you will be surprised to know that the administration has destroyed these laddus bought as prasad by declaring them bad.
Action taken on all these shops
On Thursday, the team of the Medical and Health Department inspected the sweet shops located in the Trinetra Ganesh temple complex in Ranthambore fort and got the moldy laddus destroyed. CMHO Dr. Dharm Singh Meena said that during the inspection, 70 kg of moldy laddus were recovered from Gautam Mishtan Bhandar, 30 kg from Gautam Mishtan Bhandar Narayan Gautam, 540 kg at Lakshmi Mishtan Bhandar Kuldeep Gautam’s warehouse and 10 kg at the shop, 50 kg at Mahesh Gautam’s shop, 20 kg at Lakshmi Mishtan Bhandar, 50 kg at Mahesh Gautam, 30 kg of moldy laddus were recovered from Ganpati Mishtan Bhandar, which were destroyed by the food safety officers on the spot.
Sweets spoiled due to rain?
CMHO said that the stores of Monu alias Kapil Gautam and Ashish Gautam, Ravi Gautam, Mahesh Gautam were found closed due to which their inspection could not be done. Samples were taken from the vendors whose shops were open. Samples of laddu and ghee lotus were taken from Dadhich Mishtan Bhandar. Also, the warehouses found closed were sealed. CMHO said that after the Ganesh fair held on 6, 7 and 8 September, due to heavy rains and road blockage, less number of devotees reached and due to the construction work going on in the temple, the Trinetra Ganesh temple remained closed for devotees till 2 October, due to which the goods kept in the shops got spoiled. A large quantity of moldy laddus in the warehouses of sweet shops were also seized.
The temple was built in the 10th century
The history of Trinetra Ganesh Temple is thousands of years old. It was built in the 10th century by King Hammir Dev of Ranthambore. During the war, Lord Ganesha came in the king’s dream and blessed him. The king won the war and he built a temple in the fort. It is said that in 1299, a war took place between King Hammir and Alauddin Khilji. When the war started, a lot of food grains and essential items were kept safe, keeping in mind the needs of the people and the army. But due to the war going on for a long time, there was a shortage of everything. Then Lord Ganesha came in King Hamir’s dream and assured him that his troubles would soon be over. Then this temple was built by King Hamir.
