According to the history behind this temple, it is said that in 1299 AD, a war took place between King Hammeer and Alauddin Khilji at the Ranthambore fortification. During the war time, they filled their godowns with foods and other necessary things in Ranthambore Fort, where the King dwells. As the war lasted for many years, the stored things in godowns were getting over.
King Hammer was a great devotee to God Ganesh. One night when he was sleeping, Lord Ganesh came in his dream and said that all the lacking and problems would be over by tomorrow morning. Next morning, an idol of Lord Ganesh with three eyes (Trinetra) was stamped from one of the walls of the fort. Also, a miracle took place and the war got over while the godowns got filled again. In 1300 AD, King Hammer built a temple of Lord Ganesh. He placed the idol of Lord Ganesh, Riddhi Siddhi (his wife) and two sons (Shub Labh) along with the idol of mushak (mouse, his vehicle).
Lord Ganesha in Hindu Mythology is one of the five major gods. The elephant head of lord Ganesha and human body represents soul (Atman) and Maya. He is also known as Vighanharta (remover of obstacles from one’s life). He is also worshiped as a major deity in Jainism and Buddhism. Lord Ganesh is the son of Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati. It is said that Devi Parvati created a boy out of her body while bathing and asked him to guard the entrance of the bathing area.
The boy was so determined to accomplish the task of protection that he didn’t even allow his father Lord Shiva to enter the premises. On the other hand, Shiva didn't recognize the boy as his son and in rage he decapitated the boy and entered the premises. As a result, Devi Parvati demanded the life of her son back as she was in inconsolable grief.
To relieve her out of this situation Lord Shiva ordered his people to get one head of any living thing but they didn’t find any head of a human body and came back with an elephant head. He mounted the head of an elephant on the body of the boy and resurrected him. Lord Shiva also gave him a boon that he will be worshiped first out of all the deities. The boy today is worshiped as Lord Ganesha all across the globe.
For years, Hindus from around the world come to this temple to worship Lord Ganesh, the God of Education, Wisdom, Good, Fortune and Wealth. There are mainly five types of aartis taking place every day in this well-known temple – Prabhat Aarti (early morning aarti), Sringar Aarti at 9 am, Bhog at 12 noon, Sandhaya Aarti during Sunset (6:30 in the Summer and 5:45 in the winters) and Shayan Aarti taking place at 8 pm. This is a prayer Corus followed by the priests of the temple and the devotees here.