Temples for Housewarming (Gruhapravesam)

Located in Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Siddhivinayak is one of India's most famous Ganesha shrines. The idol is carved from a single black stone with Ganesha's trunk turned to the right (Siddhi Vinayak — hard to appease but bestowing immediate success).

Consecrated on November 19, 1801, funded by rich Agri woman Deubai Patil to fulfill prayers of childless women, the temple has grown into Mumbai's premier commercial and executive shrine visited by entrepreneurs, film personalities, and political leaders before major ventures.

Kanipakam's Ganesha is famous for an idol that devotees say is continuously growing inside a freshwater well, and a centuries-old tradition of settling disputes through sworn oaths (Satya Pramanam).

Discovered in the 11th century CE by three handicapped brothers (deaf, mute, blind) digging a well during drought, their iron spade struck stone, blood gushed, and all three were instantly cured. The self-manifested (Swayambhu) Ganesha idol sits inside the original well whose water has never dried. Expanded by Kulothunga Chola I and Vijayanagara kings.

Tirumala is the most visited religious site on earth, receiving over 25.5 million pilgrims annually. According to Puranic tradition, Vishnu descended to earth as Srinivasa and borrowed a vast sum from Kubera to fund his marriage to Princess Padmavati — a loan he vowed to repay with interest over Kali Yuga.

Devotees understand their donations into the hundi as helping Vishnu settle that ancient debt. Documented royal patronage spans over a millennium from Pallava queen Samavai in 966 CE to Chola and Vijayanagara emperors (notably Krishnadevaraya). Administered since 1933 by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).

Perched atop the sacred Indrakeeladri hill overlooking the Krishna River in Vijayawada, Kanaka Durga Temple is the second-largest temple complex in Andhra Pradesh after Tirumala.

According to legend, the demon Mahishasura wreaked havoc on earth. Sage Indrakila performed intense penance, requesting Goddess Parvati to reside on his hill. The Goddess assumed her eight-armed Kanaka Durga form, vanquished Mahishasura on Vijayadashami, and made Indrakeeladri her permanent abode. Arjuna performed penance here to receive the invincible Pashupatastra from Shiva.

Situated on the western bank of the holy Ganga in Varanasi, Kashi Vishwanath is the holiest of all 12 Jyotirlingas, revered as the spiritual center of the Hindu universe ("Kalyana Karaka").

Destroyed and rebuilt multiple times across history, the present temple was constructed in 1780 CE by the saintly Maratha Queen Ahilyabai Holkar of Indore. In 1835 CE, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab donated 1,000 kg of pure gold to plate the temple's iconic 15.5-meter spires (Shikhara). The adjacent Annapurna Devi shrine represents unceasing domestic nourishment.