Built almost two centuries ago, this is one of the oldest temple of the city. It was built by Babaji Apaji Fanse, brother of Raoji Apaji Fanse , Dewan of Baroda State. The area around the temple is named after him, known as Babajipura.
The temple has 3 entrances, where the main entrance leads to shrine of Lord Ganesha with Riddhi & Siddhi on sides. The Ganesha temple can be said as a replica of Shri Dhundiraj Ganpati Mandir.
The other entrance leads to Shivji’s shrine, where Nandi (the bull) resides at entrance. It has Shivlinga with four carved snake & is said to be found by Babaji Apaji. The walls of temple are flouted with paintings of Brahma, Vishnu & Mahesh with a big tree standing in compound, where it is worshipped too.
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