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The most popular and significant place of worship in Mumbai is the Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir situated at Prabhadevi. This temple was first consecrated on Thursday, 19th November 1801.

The idol of Shree Siddhivinayak is of black stone and is 2.5 feet high and 2 feet wide, with the trunk turning to the right.

Flanking the deity on both sides are Riddhi & Siddhi, goddesses signifying sanctity, fulfillment, prosperity and riches. Etched on the forehead of the deity is an eye, which resembles the third eye of Lord Shiva.

Riddhi and Siddhi are Goddesses of success, riches and prosperity. The auspicious idol of Shree Siddhivinayak with its trunk bent towards the right is unique, as the trunk is usually found curving leftwards.  

The old temple had an ancient architectural style, consisting of a hall, a sanctum sanctorum, some free open space, the temple's administrative office to the right and a water tank in the front.

The temple’s renovation commenced in 1990. It was completed in 3 years with an expense of Rupees three crores. The main stones used were marble and pink granite. 

The temple was designed to be a fine architectural example. Thus, a 200 year old temple was renovated and restored into a magnificent, multistoried and palace like temple.

The summit of the temple is a cluster of 37 gold-plated crowns, with the main 12 feet crown, 3 five feet crowns and 33 Three and a half feet crowns.

The temple's crown installation and Kumbhabhishekam ceremony took place on 13 June 1994 with  the auspicious hands of Shree Shankaracharya Bharti Tirtha Mahaswamiji  of Dakshinamnay Shree Sharadha Pitha, Shringeri.

There is a sannidhi for Lord Anjaneya in the temple.

An estimated 1.5 to 2 lakh people  visit the temple every Tuesday.

It was constructed on 19 November 1801. The original structure of the Siddhivinayak Temple was a small 3.6-meter x 3.6-meter square brick structure with a dome-shaped brick shikhara. The temple was built by the contractor Laxman Vithu Patil. The building was funded by a rich Agri woman named Deubai Patil. Childless due to infertility, Deubai built the temple so that Ganesha should grant children to other infertile women. Ramakrishna Jambhekar Maharaj, a disciple of the Hindu saint Akkalkot Swami Samarth, buried two divine idols in the front of the presiding deity of the temple on the orders of his guru. It is claimed that after 21 years of the burial of the icons, a mandar tree grew at that spot with a svayambhu Ganesha in its branches – as prophesied by Swami Samartha.

The 2550 temple complex had two 3.6 metre Deepamalas, a rest house and living quarters for the caretaker. It had an adjoining lake, 30 x 40 square metres in size on the eastern and southern side of the temple. The lake, dug by Nardulla in the early 19th century to counter the scarcity of water, was filled up in the later years and the land is now not part of the temple complex.

The idol has four hands (Chaturbhuj), which contains a lotus in upper right, a small axe in upper left, holy beads in the lower right and a bowl full of Modaks in the lower left hand. The auspicious idol of Shree Siddhivinayak with its trunk bent towards the right is unique, as the trunk is usually found curving leftwards.

Around the neck is the snake, like a sacred thread. The idol is carved out of a single stone.