Redi Ganpati Temple

The Redi Ganpati Temple is located in Redi village at Vengurla taluka of Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. The Redi village is a part of South Konkan which is close to border of Maharashtra and Goa. It’s a very well known temple and many tourists visit this temple during their Konkan tour.

The temple was built by Mr. Sadanand Nagesh Kambli along with help from people of Redi village in the year 1976. According to the information board displayed in the temple, the story outlines about the dream of Mr. Kambli in which he was ordered by Lord Ganesh to search for a hidden Ganesh idol at a specific location. Next day, Mr. Kambli along with some villagers started digging the place.

After two days of continuous digging, some portion of ear of Lord Ganesh started appearing. They had to dig for a month’s time for extracting the complete idol which was carved on a known stone called Jambha stone. After hearing this news, people from Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri district started coming to take darshan. It’s a rare idol with Dwibhuja (two arms) as compared to other idols which are generally Chaturbhuja (four arms). According to experts, this Ganesh idol could be from the era of Pandavas from Mahabharata.

Lot of devotees visit this temple throughout the year. However, you’ll see this temple crowded during monthly Sankasthi Chaturthi, Ganesh Jayanti and Ganesh festival. There are no food shops near the temple. You’ll find the local garland/flowers sellers and 2-3 stalls selling cold drinks. For proper market, you’ll have to visit Shiroda market which around 6.2 km from Redi.

On the left side of the temple there is a small route which takes you to the Redi beach. You’ll get to see a beautiful view of beach from a small hilltop. As the beach is rocky, you’ll notice two shades of water colour. Near the beach, it’s a bit muddy water and little further, the water is clean blue. I have captured this colour combination in one of my photos. Enjoy the serene beauty of this beach along with some coconut trees spread across.

If you are planning your Konkan trip, make sure to add this temple in your bucket list.

You can also visit the following places which are near to Redi Ganpati Temple.
1. Redi Mauli Temple
2. Shiroda Market
3. Shiroda Mauli temple
4. Shiroda beach
5. Vetoba temple
6. Terekhol fort

Here are some photos captured by me during my recent tour in Konkan along with my family.

Redi Ganpati

Front view of the temple

Right side view of the temple

Right side view of the temple

Left side view of the temple

Lord Shiva’s idol in the temple

Goddess Parvati’s idol in the temple

Lord Brahma’s idol in the temple

Goddess Laxmi’s idol in the temple

Lord Vishnu’s idol in the temple

Information board

Route to the Redi beach

Hilltop near the beach

Beautiful view of the beach

Beach view from the edge of the hilltop

Coconut trees on the beach


Way to reach the beach

How to reach:

By Rail:
Distance from nearest railway station to Redi.
1. Sawantwadi – 23.5 km
2. Kudal – 41.5 km

By Road:
Distance from near by villages/cities to Redi.
1. Vengurla to Redi – 19.2 km
2. Sawantwadi to Redi – 23.5 km
3. Kolhapur to Redi – 180.3 km (via Redi – Belagavi Rd)
4. Mumbai to Redi – 551.2 km via NH48 and 515.4 km via NH66
5. Pune to Redi – 408 km via NH48 and 485.1 km via NH66

By Air:
Dabolim Airport of Goa and Kolhapur Airport are the nearest airports to Redi

Responsible tourism:
Let’s help in preserving this temple and the beach. Keep it clean for the years to come so that future generations can also enjoy their stay here. Please don’t throw away empty plastic water bottles, plastic bags and empty food packets on the beach or near the temple. Look out for dustbins nearby and make use of the same.