For the second straight year, the pandemic cast a long shadow on festivities with the Maharashtra government placing a slew of restrictions to avoid gathering and processions.
Satish Bodas goes pandal hopping and discovers these historically significant ones.
Rintu Rathod's chocolate Ganpati may not meet with everyone's approval. But that does not deter her.
This Ganeshotsav welcome the elephant God with this easy-to-make recipe.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his cabinet colleagues Pankaja Munde and Vinod Tawde, Union minister Nitin Gadkari, state minister Sadabhau Khot, former Union Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi were prominent among those who installed Ganpati idols at their homes.
As Mumbaities bids adieu to Lord Ganesha on the final day of the festival, Rediff's Hitesh Harisinghani and Satish Bordes speak to lifeguards of city's beaches.
At least two persons were drowned and another seven feared dead during immersion of idols of Lord Ganesha in the Yamuna on Wednesday in two separate incidents, police said.
Ganpati pictures from star homes pour in...
Sadhana Saxena from Noida shared this healthy recipe.
Readers from around the world share their photos of the Ganesh festival
On Ganesh Chaturthi, welcome the elephant god with this traditional, easy-to-make recipe.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
'I feel I must decline as there is a general election looming and the timing of the award might be misconstrued, causing embarrassment both to the government and myself, which I would much regret,' Gita Mehta said.
The ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi culminated on Sunday as thousands of devotees immersed idols of the elephant-headed deity.
Court cases, investigations, dwindling sales and fall in market capitalisation could make recovery a tough challenge.
This Ganeshotsav welcome the elephant god with these easy-to-make recipes.
Ganesh Chaturthi is here and everyone from Sachin Tendulkar to Ajinkya Rahane and Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter to extend their greetings to fans and followers on the auspicious occasion.
A look at how stars welcomed lord Ganesha.
'When Yogiji was made the chief minister, no one had imagined it. Many people had called me up and said that Yogiji has never even run a municipality. He was not a minister in any government'
Here's what the actress and other celebs were upto.
With only 48 hours to go for Ganesh Chaturthi, the festive spirit as gripped every nook and cranny of the city. Pandals have been erected and streets are being adorned, as Mumbai gears up the welcome its most favourite deity -- Lord Ganesha.
Readers from acrros the globe share their pics from the Ganeshotsav.
'Sasi Annan did far more right than wrong in his life.' 'I, and a great many others who appreciated his kindness and thoughtfulness, mourn for him and wish him godspeed and sadgati.' Rajeev Srinivasan pays homage to a noble soul.
She is a 'beautiful' advocate of Mother Earth.
Devotees bid a grand farewell to their beloved Lord Ganesh as the immersion of idols began across Maharashtra on Thursday, marking the end of the 10-day-long mega festival.
A Ganesh Nadar takes us on a trip to his hometown, Panickanadarkudieruppu, to reveal how rural Tamil Nadu celebrates the harvest festival.
The new law will have penal provisions of Rs 50 lakh and five year imprisonment for celebrities promoting sale of items without verifying the quality.
A massive immersion procession in Hyderabad was badly disrupted with very heavy rains lashing the city on Wednesday evening.
Mumbai is immersed in a festive fervour as its most favourite deity -- Lord Ganesha -- is back. The celebrations are as big as ever, undeterred by the slipping rupee or the economic slowdown in hope that the 'sukhakarta-dukhaharta' will take care of it all. Rediff.com takes a look at some of the grandest Ganpati statues in Mumbai.
Food blogger Siddhi Panchal shares her special modak recipe. You can share yours too!
The celebrity florist has designed for the Royalty and more recently, Isha Ambani's wedding.
We asked our readers to send us their images of Lord Ganesha. Here are some stunning images sent by our readers.
We have asked our readers to send us their images of Lord Ganesha. Here are some stunning images sent by our readers.
Our readers share stunning images of Lord Ganesh with us.
The first batch of police personnel had taken charge of the security on Saturday.
Stars spotted at the famous Andheri Cha Raja!
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