Lord Ganesha is back!
Of the Rs 474.4 crore insurance cover, the largest component -- Rs 375 crore -- has been allocated towards personal accident cover for volunteers.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav in their city.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that forcibly seizing someone's faith and trampling over their beliefs is "unacceptable," especially "when we know the truth about Sambhal" which predates Islam, with the Vishnu temple there being destroyed in 1526. He said that Sambhal has been mentioned in scriptures that are 5,000 years old, which contain references to Lord Vishnu's future incarnation. He also mentioned that a temple of Lord Vishnu in Sambhal was demolished in 1526, and two years later, in 1528, the Ram temple in Ayodhya was destroyed, both acts carried out by the same person.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
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Film folk celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with gusto over the weekend, and posted pictures on social media.
A government school principal was arrested in Kota after he allegedly deleted Ganesh Chaturthi greetings posted on the school WhatsApp group, which triggered protests by people of the village, officials said on Sunday.
Several passages in the book, which has a nude picture of Lord Ganesha on the cover, are insensitive to Hindu faith, Hindus in the US say.
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Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Celebs get into the Ganesh Chaturthi spirit.
GaneshUtsav has begun and social media is flooded with pictures of celebrities welcoming Lord Ganesha home.
Meet the people who labor into the night to create idols of the God of Auspicious Beginnings.
As India bids adieu to Lord Ganesha on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi, film folk rush to the pandals for one last visit.
The idol was made by artist Abaasaheb Shewale and his team.
Lord Ganesha has arrived once again to a rousing welcome, heralding the beginning of the ten-day-long Ganeshotsav.
As the Ganeshotsav festivities come to a close on Monday, the city of Hyderabad is also preparing to bid adieu to the country's tallest Lord Ganesha idol.
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After celebrating the Ganpati festival with her family and friends, Shilpa Shetty said goodbye to the Lord with a lot of fanfare.
Please send us photographs and videos of your Lord Ganesha idol and decorations at home this year.
Four statues of Lord Ganesha, including one depicting the elephant god in the nude, is being removed from an exhibition in the Canadian city of Edmonton after protests.
The streets of Mumbai spilled with enthusiastic devotes as they welcomed Lord Ganesha into their homes.
In response to the tragic incident, many committees scaled back their celebrations significantly.
The Ambanis go all out to celebrate the wedding of their youngest son, Anant, with Radhika Merchant.
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
The first of the series of readers' photos.
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.
'On this day, recollecting all our divine memories, we paid obeisance to our father's beloved deity -- Lord Ganesha -- to bestow on all of us the happiness and joy and to remove all hurdles and obstacles throughout this journey of mortal life.'
'I was so full of josh, with all my friends cheering me on, I gave it everything from the get-go.' 'By nightfall, the pain had set in. My legs were aching, my back was on fire and I was in tears.' 'I turned to my mom and said, "I can't do this."'
A Cleanathon was organised following the immersion of Lord Ganesha idols at Mumbai's Juhu beach.
The Vile Parle police station in north west Mumbai celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with an idol of Lord Ganesha dressed as a police officer!
Rediff Readers tell us how they welcomed Lord Ganesha in their homes and lives.
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With Rs 5.5 crores and counting, Mumbai's favourite Lord Ganesha, Lalbaugcha Raja, has turned richer this year.
Mumbai has never seen a Ganesh immersion like this!
After welcoming Lord Ganesha into her home with much fanfare, Shilpa Shetty and her family bid Him goodbye over the weekend.
This year, the festival is probably extra special for Shilpa, as it coincides with her new movie release, Sukhee.
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