Police have made elaborate security arrangements to ensure peaceful immersion of idols of over 8,200 public mandals at about 80 'visarjan' (immersion) points in the city, including Girgaum, Juhu, Dadar Chowpatty and Powai and Gorai.
Readers' PHOTOS: Ganpati from Andheri to Jalgaon
The employees are demanding salary parity with state government employees, seeking a pay scale adjustment to match that of their counterparts in the state sector.
From Ambernath to Dubai: Readers' PIX of Ganpati
Go experimental while making your modaks! Try unusual stuffings and coverings.
Supriya Sule and her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar file their nominations for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat.
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
'The mandals and politicians are trying to project that this is against somebody. We are not against anybody. We do not want the celebrations to stop. It has to happen, but do it in a civilized way.'
'I love to meet people.' 'I love that personal connect when they express their genuine, heartfelt feelings.'
On Anant Chaturdashi, the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations come to a end. But not without one last party!
After throwing Ganpati parties, and then seeing him off, the actor hosted a special screening of her new film, Sukhee, in Mumbai.
Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde appears to catch up with old acquaintances and make new friends during Ganesh Utsav.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar on Thursday filed papers as an NCP candidate for Rajya Sabha elections.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was one of the first celebrities to wish his followers on social media.
The seizure included the cutouts put out as the decoration display for the ten-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival which began on Wednesday.
Mumbai's historic tryst with the Lord of Wisdom began at the Keshavji Naik Chawl in 1893.
Eighteen-year-old Dhruv Chincholikar and his family have a wonderful way of celebrating Ganeshotsav.
Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan visited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's home to attend Ganpati pooja on Sunday.
After welcoming Lord Ganesha into their homes with much fanfare, it was time for the stars to bid Him farewell.
Social media helps #RainHosts come to the rescue of those stuck in every part of the island city.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
'An even bigger salute to all the rescue workers and all the agencies that worked tirelessly to rescue our 41 workers trapped in the Utarkashi Silkyara tunnel. Jai Hind!''
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
The first of the series of readers' photos.
The mood was full of gaiety and devotion, with chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya' reverberating across Maharashtra.
Her adorable fashion pics will lift your spirits.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
The festival culminates on the day of Anant Chaturdashi, when the idols of Lord Ganesh are taken to nearby water bodies and immersed.
On the second day of the 10-day Ganesh festival, several devotees in Mumbai bid farewell to the idols of their favourite deity after worshipping them for one and a half days.
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.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Dip your toes in traditional styles as you go pandal hopping.
Bollywood welcomed Lord Ganesha into their homes once again on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Ganeshotsav 2023: Amruta, Aahana, Kajol Jazz It Up.
It should have been much easier to find this farsan maker's premises given the number of two-wheelers that stream up to this address the day before Ganesh Chaturthi to collect armfuls of bags of laddus, chuda and other kind of chatpata namkeen stuff.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
