The Gajanan Maharaj Tem­ple were built to hon­or Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj, a late 19thA and ear­ly 20th-cen­­tu­ry Indi­an holy man known to many peo­ple in Maha­rash­tra, India. His birth­date is unknown, he lived most of his life at She­gaon.