2/13/2023 0 Comments Ganesh festival in mumbaiThe streets of Mumbai and Pune turned into venues for the 10-day celebrations and huge gatherings of devotees. In 1892, one of the stalwarts of India’s freedom movement, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, reinvented the festival as a rallying ground for nationalists. Ganesh Chaturthi was observed after the Maratha empire was set up by Chhatrapati Shivaji in the 16th century and it was an important day in the festival calendar of the Peshwas, the prime ministers of the Maratha rulers, but was largely confined to individual homes. The Hindu festival in honour of the elephant-headed god is primarily celebrated in homes and in public by local community groups or mandals who install images of Ganesha in their homes and pandals. As millions in Maharashtra observe the largest festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in the state, it is difficult to believe that the celebrations, at least in its current form, are just over a century old.
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