Mumbai - Mahad is 63 Kms. On Mumbai - Panvel - Khopoli road, 6 kms. Mumbai- Pune railway line, Mahad is at a distance of 24 Kms from Karjat & at a distance of 6 kms from Khopoli.

Shree Dhondu Paudkar in 1690 A.D found the Swayambhu idol of shree Varadvinayak in a lake. This idol was kept in a nearby temple for some time. Afterward, In 1725 A.D, the Varadvinayak temple was built by Peshva Sardar Ramji Mahadev Biwalkar & he gifted it to the Village.
The Temple has been recently renovated by the trustees. The old temple used to look like a house with a tiled roof. There is a Gomukh towards the north. Holy Water comes out of this gomukh. The Temple is 8 feet long and 8 feet broad. The Dome is 25 feet high with a golden pinnacle.
The original idol of the varadvinayak is visible from outside the sanctum. Since the idol was in bad  condition, temple trustees immersed that idol and consecrated a new idol. However this decision taken by the trustees was objected by a few people and a law-suit was filed in the district court.T wo stone idols of Siddhi and Riddhi are visible in the sanctum. Two ganesh idols are situated in the two corners. The Idol in the left corner is smeared in vermillion and idol in the right is made up of white marble with its trunk bent toward the right. The idol is in a sitting position, with it's trunk bent to the left. The idol faces toward the east.