{"id":8006,"date":"2019-06-17T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tripnetra.com\/blog\/?p=8006"},"modified":"2020-01-20T09:48:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T09:48:05","slug":"vithoba-mandir-pandharpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tripnetra.com\/blog\/vithoba-mandir-pandharpur","title":{"rendered":"Vithoba Mandir Pandharpur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Vithoba Mandir or the God of Pandharpur is worshipped and lovingly called by his devotees with many names, like Pandharinath, Pandurang, Pandhariraya, Vithai, Parabrahma, Vithumauli, Vitthal gururao, Pandurang, Hari, etc.<br><br>However, this God is well-known as Pandurang and Shri Vitthal. Many historians and researchers tried to find out the etymological origin of the word \u201cVitthal\u201d. Some scholars believe that it is a contorted form of the original word Vishnu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vithoba Mandir History:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Great Saint poet Tukaram defines the word Vithoba in one of his abhangas that stands for \u2018Knowledge\u2019 and Thoba Stands for \u2018form\u2019 Thus Vithoba stands for the \u2018form of ultimate Knowledge\u2019 or \u2018idol of ultimate Knowledge\u2019.<br><br>It is also believed that Vi stands for bird Eagle and Thoba Stands for sitting place, thus Vithoba stands for the \u2018God who sits on Eagle\u2019. Vithoba Mandir in Pandharpur is God Vishnu, standing on a brick and resting his arms on his west. <br><br>It is believed that Shri Krishna, Shri Vishnu, and Shri Vithoba are all different names and forms of the one and the same God. Shri Krishna is known as the incarnation of Shri Vishnu which took place on Wednesday (Shravan Vadya Ashtami) at the end of Dwaparyuga. Vithoba is Shri Krishna only. Wednesday is known as the day of Vithoba. So devotees (varkari) of Vithoba never leave Pandharpur on Wednesday even now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vithoba Mandir Timings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>4:00 AM &#8211; 11:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vithoba Mandir<\/strong> <strong>Pooja Timings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kakada Aarti &#8211; 4.30am to 5.00am.<br>Nitya Pooja (Regular Pooja) &#8211; 5.00 am to 6.00 am<br>Mahapuja by devotees &#8211; 7.00 am. to 8.00.am.<br>Maha Naivedya &#8211; 11.00 am. to 11.15 am.<br>Pshakh (dressing) &#8211; 4.30am to 5.00 pm<br>Dhoop Aarati &#8211; 7.00am to 7.30 pm.<br>Padya pooja &#8211; 10.00am to 10.30 pm.<br>Shejarati &#8211; 11.00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vithoba Temple Festivals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yatra in the months of June-July is the major festival.<br><br>Aashadi Ekadashi (June- July) and Kartiki \/ Kartik Ekadashi (November).<br><br>Navaratri and Diwali in the months of October &#8211; November is very attractive.<br><br>February &#8211; March is colorful with the festivities of Holi.<br><br>During these yatras or pilgrimage, people travel from miles together, barefooted, fasting and chanting. His holy name until they get a glimpse of the Lord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Temple Dress Code:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Females &#8211; Saress, Half-sarees, Chudidars,Dresses.<br>Male &#8211; Dhoti, Shirts, Pants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Time To Visit The Mandir:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best time to visit Pandharpur is from July to February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Temple Location:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Main Road, Chouphala, Pandharpur, Maharashtra 413304.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How To Reach Vithoba Temple<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Shirdi to Vithoba Mandir &#8211; 316km.<br>Mumbai to Temple &#8211; 403km.<br>Pune to Temple &#8211; 255km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Number<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For More details and tour booking and\nfor hotel bookings please contact &#8211; 8500898000, 9393939150 or visit our site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripnetra.com\">www.tripnetra.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vithoba Mandir or the God of Pandharpur is worshipped and lovingly called by his devotees with many names, like Pandharinath, Pandurang, Pandhariraya, Vithai, Parabrahma, Vithumauli, Vitthal gururao, Pandurang, Hari, etc.However, this God is well-known as Pandurang and Shri Vitthal. Many historians and researchers tried to find out the etymological origin of the word \u201cVitthal\u201d. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[350,321],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vithoba Mandir Pandharpur | Vithoba Temple Timings, Pooja, Festivals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vithoba Mandir Pandharpur History, Mandir Timings, Pooja Details, Festivals, Dress Code, Best Time To Visit, Location, How To Reach.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tripnetra.com\/blog\/vithoba-mandir-pandharpur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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