Shani Shingnapur Temple

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The Ahilyanagar police cyber cell recently arrested two Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust employees for allegedly diverting over ₹50 lakh each into their personal accounts by manipulating online applications used for booking pooja services.

About Shani Shingnapur Temple

• It is a Hindu temple located in the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.
• It is dedicated to Lord Shanidev, the popular Hindu god associated with the planet Saturn.
• The deity here is a five-and-a-half-feet-high black rock standing on a platform and is believed to be swayambhu (self-emerged). 
• Apart from the temple, Shingnapur is a small village which is also famous for the fact that in the whole village no house has doors, and despite this, no theft has been reported in the village.

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Shani Shingnapur Temple Architecture

• It has no roofs, doors, or walls around. 
• The temple is unique, as it is the only one where Lord Shani is worshipped in an open-sky setting.  
• On the idol of Lord Shani, mustard oil is poured continuously from a copper vessel which hangs just above the idol. 
• There is a Trishul alongside the stone as well as a Nandi on its south. In front are the small images of Shiva and Hanuman. 
• An east-facing multi-deity temple was built west of the Shani idol later. 
• The premises also contain a tomb of Saint Udasi Baba and a temple dedicated to Dattatreya.

Source: HT