Ganesh Puja in Alibag taluka is about simplicity and minimalism. It's about quiet devotion too.
Ganesh Utsav, Maharashtra's celebration of the God of New Beginnings, begins on Ganesh Chaturthi, Wednesday, August 31, 2022, and will be celebrated for 10 days, until Anant Chaturthi, Friday, September 2022, the day of visarjan (immersion).
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The idol was first installed in Andheri, north west Mumbai, in 1996.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
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The festival culminates on the day of Anant Chaturdashi, when the idols of Lord Ganesh are taken to nearby water bodies and immersed.
While the administration has imposed strict restrictions on immersion of Ganesh idols in all cities, devotees were seen taking one last glimpse of Lord Ganesha on the last day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi.
Film folk post pix of how their children are enjoying the Ganpati festival.
The idol carved out of plaster of Paris was brought here from Pune on Saturday.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted these stars on Tuesday.
From making a style statement in sari to going floral, Bollywood and television divas gave us WOW looks during the Ganpati festival.
Mumbai can't get enough of Ranbir walking on its streets.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
The Bombay high court on Thursday quashed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) order revoking permission granted earlier to an organisation headed by a former corporator of the Nationalist Congress Party to conduct Chhath Puja at a suburban ground.
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Here is a different but classical kind of modak to try this Ganesh Puja season 2022.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted these stars over the weekend.
Whatever your way of celebrating, do share it with the world.
As many as 9,000 BMC employees will be working to oversee the immersion with 53 roads in the megapolis have been closed.
Mahalaya, though essentially about the goddess, wasn't religious for us. And it isn't for most Bengalis. Mahalaya is an emotion. It's gooseflesh for a memory. A welling up of happy tears. A celebration of what is to come.
A look at the visarjan pictures.
An environmental-friendly farewell to the Lord.
Please send us photographs and videos of your Lord Ganesha idol and decorations at home this year.
Ganpati bappa morya pudhchya varshi lavkar ya!
The Oberois say their final goodbyes to Ganpati.
Rediff readers tell us how they celebrated the festival amidst the pandemic.
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 share their best Ganesha pix.
After 11 days, Mumbai is bidding adieu to its favourite deity -- Ganpati Bappa. Here's a look at the celebrations.
'...as much as in India, it's only because she sang for mankind, not the details on the passport.'
Shilpa Shetty's dancing goodbye to Lord Ganesha!
The idol was made by artist Abaasaheb Shewale and his team.
Vidya headed to Siddhivinayak while Priyanka offered prayers at the Andhericha Raja pandal.
