India, Sept. 5 -- The trust managing the two-century-old Siddhivinayak Temple in Prabhadevi is all set to acquire Ram Mansion, a three-storey residential building located on a 708 square-metre private plot next to the temple, as part of its planned Rs.100-crore expansion.

The Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir Trust is also in talks with the Siddhivinayak Cooperative Housing Society (CHS), located on the trust's land next to the temple, to acquire it. Together, the two plots measure around 1,800 sqm, according to Sada Sarvankar, the former Shiv Sena MLA from Mahim who heads the temple's trust.

Once both plots are acquired, the trust plans to construct a darshan queue complex similar to one at the Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi, a prasadalay...