vrindavan ke siddhaganesh lekhk- mahant svami shrividyanandji maharajaddh shriradhabag vrindavan ka prasiddh mandir jahan bhagvti katyayni ka shrivigrah hai. yahan sthit ganpti ki murti ka vichitra itihas hai, jo is prakar hai- ek angrej shridablu. ar. yul kalakatte men mesars etalas insyorens kanpni men sekretri the. is kanpni ka karyalay 4, klaiv rodapar sthit tha. inki patni shrimti yul ne san 1911-12. men jaypur se ganpti ki murti kharidi, aur inglaind men apne ghar men karnisapar ganptiji ki pratima saja di.
unke mitron ne ganeshji ki pratima ko dekhakar unse puch-'yah kya hai?' shrimti yulne uttar diya- 'yah hinduon ka sundvala devta hai'. unke mitron ne ganeshji ki murti ko mej par rakhakar unka uphas kiya. kisi ne ganpti ke mukh ke pas chammach lakar pucha- 'iska munh kahan hai?' ratri men shrimti yulki putri ki jvar ho gaya, jo bad men bare veg se barhta gaya. vah apne tej jvar men chillane lagi, 'hay ! sundvala khilauna mujhe niglne ko a raha hai.' daktaron ne socha ki vah sannipat men bol rahi hai; kintu vah rat-din yahi shabd duhrati rahi evan atyant bhaybhit ho gayi. shrimti yulan yah sab vrittant apne pati ko kalakatte likhakar bheja. unki putriko kisi bhi aushadh ne labh nahin kiya.
ek din shrimti yulne svapn men dekha ki ve apne bag ke sanpalgrih men baithi hain. suryast ho raha hai. achanak unhen pratit hua ki ek ghunghrale bal aur mashal-si jalti ankhon vala purush hath men bhala liye, vrishabhapar savar, barhte hue andhkar se unhin ki or a raha hai evan kah raha hai- 'mere putra sundvale devta ko tatkal bharat bhejaddh anyatha main tumhare sare parivar ka nash kar dunga.' ve atyadhik bhaybhit hokar jag uthin. dusre din pratah hi unhonne us khilaune ka parsal banakar pahli dak se hi apne pati ke pas bharat bhej diya. shriyul sahab ko parsal mila aur unhonne shrigneshji ki pratima ko kanpni ke karyalay men rakh diya. karyalay men shrigneshji tin din rahe, par un tin dinon tak karyalay men siddha-ganesh ke darshanarth kalakatte ke nar-nariyon ki bhir lagi rahi.
karyalay ka sara karya ruk gaya. shriyul ne apne adhinasth insyorans ejent shrikedarbabu se pucha ki 'is devta ka kya karna chahiye? ant men kedarbabu ganeshji ko apne ghar 7, abhayacharan mitra strit men le gaye evan vahan unki puja praranbh karva di. tabse sabhi shrikedarbabu ghar par hi jane lage. idhar vrindavan men svami keshvanandji maharaj katyayni devi ki panchayatan pujn-vidhise pratishtha ke liye sanatan dharm ki panch pramukh murtiyon ka prabandh kar rahe the. shrikatyayni-devi ki ashtadhatu se nirmit murti kalakatte men taiyar ho rahi thi tatha bhairav chandrashekhar ki murti jaypur men ban gayi thi.
jab ki maharaj ganeshji ki pratima ke vishay men vichar kar rahe the, tab unhen man ka svapnadesh hua ki 'siddha-ganesh ki ek pratima kalakatte men kedarbabu ke ghar par hai. jab tum kalakatte se meri pratima lao, tab mere sath mere putra ko bhi lete ana.' atah svami shrekeshvanandji ne anya char murtiyon ke banne par ganpti ki murti banvane ka prayatn nahin kiya. ant men jab svami shrikeshvanandji shrishrikatyayni man ki ashtadhatu ki murti pasand karke lane ke liye kalakatte gaye, tab kedarbabu ne unke pas akar kaha- ''gurudev ! main apke pas vrindavan hi anek vichar kar raha tha. main bari apatti men hun.
mere pas pichle kuch dinon se ek ganneshji ki pratima hai. pratidin ratri ko svapn men ve mujhse kahte hain ki 'jab shrishrikatyayni manki murti vrindavan jayegi to mujhe bhi vahan bhej dena.' kripya inhen svikar karen.'' gurudev ne kaha- 'bahut achcha, tum vah murti steshan par le ana. main tufan eksapres se jaunga. jab man jaygi to unka putra bhi unke sath hi jaega. siddh ganeshji ki yahi murti bhagvti katyaynijike radhabag mandir men pratishthit hai. yuglvihar-dharmashala ke pas 'shrimote ganesh' ka ek vishal mandir hai. mandir men shrigneshji ki vishal murti hai. inki vrindavan men bari manyata hai.