As India bids adieu to Lord Ganesha on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi, film folk rush to the pandals for one last visit.
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.
Mumbai on Sunday performed Gauri Visarjan as part of the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Goddess Gauri or Gowri is another name for Ganesha's mother goddess Parvati.
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The ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi culminated on Sunday as thousands of devotees immersed idols of the elephant-headed deity.
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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.
'Kajol has always been very particular about Nysa and Yug coming for the puja every year.'
Across the nation, Lord Ganeshas large and small make their way to the sea, to lakes, ponds or man-made water bodies where the Visarjan ceremony takes place.
Mumbai's historic tryst with the Lord of Wisdom began at the Keshavji Naik Chawl in 1893.
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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Mumbai visarjans take place with military precision. Thousands and thousands of Ganpatis are immersed across 11 days with hardly an incident. And minimum traffic disruption given the scale of the festival. Meet the the folks who ensure visarjans happen smoothly and efficiently.
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.
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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.
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'We will be celebrating our friend's ascension as king by distributing sweets.'
As many as 9,000 BMC employees will be working to oversee the immersion with 53 roads in the megapolis have been closed.
The Ganpati from the Lalbaug pandal being taken for immersion
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'I don't trust these days. Like now, everyone likes Mimi and my phone is constantly ringing. But tomorrow if I make a flop, the opposite will happen.'
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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.
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Love has made me a poet, Rahul thought. He could think about her all day long. Sometimes, she entertained his dreams. He did not wish to wait until after Ganesh Visarjan to see her again.
No Ganpati celebration is complete without Humse Badhkar Kaun's hugely popular song, Deva O Deva Ganpati Deva Tumse Badhkar Kaun blaring out of the pandal speakers.
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.
After 10 days of joy and celebrations, amidst much security Mumbaikars said goodbye to its favourite Lord Ganesha.
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