The mood was full of gaiety and devotion, with chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya' reverberating across Maharashtra.
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Celebs at Manish Malhotra's house for Ganpati celebrations!
We aren't talking about the weather guys, but Priyanka's first Hindi film in three years.
Randhir Kapoor's family joined him to celebrate the Ganpati festival.
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After 10 days of joy and celebrations, amidst much security Mumbaikars said goodbye to its favourite Lord Ganesha.
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T-Series celebrated Ganpati Mahotsav at its office for the first time since the COVID-19.
A look at the fun pictures.
Rediff.com's Satish Bodas goes pandal hopping and offers glimpses of some interesting Ganeshas in Mumbai.
A look at the guest arrivals.
The ad is one more illustration of the way Maharashtra's new Shinde-Fadnavis government has been milking the Ganpati festival, with CM Eknath Shinde visiting Ganpati Mandals all day these last 10 days.
Lakhs of devotees came out in processions to immerse the Ganesha idols on the last day of the festival.
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and 1990s, has died following multiple health issues. He was 69.
People from all over Maharashtra come to watch the Shivgarjana dhol-tasha band in action. Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com find out why.
Local residents, who were watching the operation with baited breath, cheered with joy after the boy was rescued.
Satish Bodas visits the homes where Ganesha brings some cheer.
We bring you glimpses from one of Mumbai's oldest pandals, Mumbaicha Raja.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
As the festival began on Monday morning, idols of different shapes and sizes of the elephant-headed God, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and considered as a symbol of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune, were installed at the sarvanjik (community) mandals and at homes by devotees.
It was early Diwali celebration for the Mumbai City FC team as they blanked FC Pune City 5-0 at the noisy DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday night.
He also said that infrastructure development in the country in the last eight years has been done with a human touch.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
The idols of Lord Ganesh, the god of prosperity and wisdom and a slayer of obstacles ('vighna-harta'), will be installed in homes across the state with pomp and gaiety.
Married women pray to Goddess Gauri for marital bliss and the long life of their husbands. Unmarried girls worship her in order to get virtuous husbands.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
B-Town's sari brigade step out in style to welcome the Elephant God.
The worst is over. It is not raining now. The forecast says it will, but the sun is shining outside the office window - that, and the way Mumbaikars opened their homes, offices and hearts is reason to cheer.
Devotees across India on Thursday welcomed their most beloved and venerated deity -- Lord Ganesh -- into their homes and community pandals, kickstarting the ten-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations with zeal and devotion.
He seeked Ganpati's blessing and attended the maha aarti.
From making a style statement in sari to going floral, Bollywood and television divas gave us WOW looks during the Ganpati festival.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Not everything the devotees consigned to the sea on Monday at the end of the 11-day Ganpati festival is retained, a lot of it is in fact comes washing up in the tide. Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com speaks to the volunteers involved in the clean-up.
After spending 10 days with his devotees, Lord Ganesha returns to his abode on Thursday marking the last day of Ganesha visarjan. Rediff.com captures the joy and processions on the last day of the Ganesha festival.
Lord Ganesha is back!
Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar says Lord Ganesha holds a special place in his heart and he prays to him every day.
For the residents of Navjivan Society, central Mumbai, the Ganpati festival gets everyone, regardless of religion, out of the privacy of their drawing rooms, for a community celebration, wearing their best clothes and best smiles.
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