{"id":76670,"date":"2025-12-06T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=76670"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:38:22","slug":"shani-shingnapur-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shani-shingnapur-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Shani Shingnapur Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shani Shingnapur Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ahilyanagar police cyber cell recently arrested two Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust employees for allegedly diverting over \u20b950 lakh each into their personal accounts by manipulating online applications used for booking pooja services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shani Shingnapur Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Hindu temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the <\/span><b>Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is dedicated to <\/span><b>Lord Shanidev, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the popular <\/span><b>Hindu god associated with the planet Saturn.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>deity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here is a<\/span><b> five-and-a-half-feet-high black rock standing on a platform <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is <\/span><b>believed to be swayambhu (self-emerged).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the temple, <\/span><b>Shingnapur <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a small village which is also famous for the fact that in the <\/span><b>whole village no house has doors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and despite this, <\/span><b>no theft has been reported <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the village.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Shani Shingnapur Temple <\/b><b>Architecture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>no roofs, doors, or walls around.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple is unique, as it is the <\/span><b>only one where Lord Shani is worshipped in an open-sky setting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the <\/span><b>idol <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Lord Shani, <\/span><b>mustard oil is poured continuously<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from a copper vessel which hangs just above the idol.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An east-facing multi-deity temple was built west of the Shani idol later.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>premises <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also <\/span><b>contain a tomb of Saint Udasi Baba <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>a temple dedicated to Dattatreya.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/pune-news\/two-shani-shingnapur-temple-staff-held-for-diverting-50-lakh-each-through-app-101764955931468-amp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shani Shingnapur Temple is a Hindu temple located in the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra. 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