Titwala

Titwala Titvala
City
Nickname(s):  Titwaleshwar
Titwala Location in Maharashtra, India Show map of Maharashtra Titwala Titwala (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 19°17′44″N 73°12′28″E / 19.295428°N 73.207694°E / 19.295428; 73.207694Coordinates: 19°17′44″N 73°12′28″E / 19.295428°N 73.207694°E / 19.295428; 73.207694
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Elevation	7.5 m (24.6 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	26,331
Language
• Official	Marathi , English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	421 605
Telephone code	0251
Vehicle registration	MH-05

Titwala is a City near Kalyan in the Indian state of Maharashtra Located In Thane District. Titwala is famous for the Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple (Titwala), wherein lakhs of devotees visit this temple during Ganesh Chaturthi and Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi.^{[citation needed]}

Geography[]

Titwala dam on Kalu river

Temples[]

• Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple

It is the site of a temple of Ganesha and purportedly the hermitage where Shakuntala was born.^[1]

The Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple is located at Titwala. The day of 'Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi', a holy day in the Hindu Calendar, attracts large crowds. Titwala attracts visitors from the suburbs of Mumbai. Believers claim that if Mahaganapati is worshiped regularly, marriages of those wanting to be united can be arranged and that conflicts between husband and wife can end and those that desire a son or daughter, will have one born to them.^[2]

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