જૂનાગઢ સિધ્ધેશ્વર મહાદેવ ની મૂર્તિ નો ઈતિહાસ | Siddheshwar Mahadev Junagadh Mandir  

Jay Shree Swaminarayan!
This video summarizes the history of the Murti of Shree Siddheshwar Mahadev and Shree Parvatiji whom were installed in Junagadh Swaminarayan Mandir by Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan.
Swaminarayan Bhagwan sent Aksharmurti Sadguru Shree Gunatitanand Swami to select the murtis. Maharaj requested that the Murti of Mahadevji and Parvatiji be separate rather than a murti of Parvatiji sitting in Mahadevji’s lap. To that end, before sending Gunatitanand Swami to select the Murti, in Gadhpur, Maharaj had Sadguru Adharanand Swami sketch the form of Mahadevji he wanted.
Swaminarayan Bhagwan sat in the exact form Shree Siddheshwar Mahadev sits today: his right leg is sitting up while his left leg is on the ground, his right hand rests on his right knee while his left hand leans back and touches the ground. In his right hand, Mahadevji is doing mala. This very form is the style in which Kings used to sit and depicts Mahadevji as the King of Kings.
Gunatitanand Swami was given this sketch by Maharaj and when he didn’t see a separate Murti of Mahadevji and Parvatiji, he asked the sculptor to create the Murti of Mahadevji exactly as sketched. When the sculptor made the Murti, however, he added snakes all around Mahadevji’s body, from head to toe. Nevertheless, Swaminarayan Bhagwan was very pleased upon seeing the murtis and said that the Murti of Mahadevji was made the way in which it was by his wish.
Katha Credits: Shree Shreenivasdasji Swami (Junagadh Dham)