Ganesh Festival – 2017

It’s been a great journey of capturing photos of Lord Ganesh during Ganesh festival for past six years. This year it was a special celebration as I along with my family visited the city of Lord Ganesh – Pune. The city is known for origin of Sarvajanik Ganesh Festival and has its own share of rich history. This festival was celebrated at homes during regime of Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Peshwas. According to Wikipedia, in the year 1892 Bhausaheb Laxman Javale also known as Bhau Rangari, installed the first sarvajanik  Ganesha idol in Pune. In 1893, the Indian freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak praised the celebration of sarvajanik Ganesha celebration in his newspaper, Kesari, and dedicated his efforts to start the annual festival into a large, well-organised public celebration[1]. Through this celebration, he wanted to unite people and inspire them to fight for freedom.

Pune being the cultural capital of Maharashtra, brings out the best colors of cultural fabric during Ganesh Festival. Most of the mandals across the city display decorations, organise cultural events and eductional programmes during the celebrations. All known Ganesh mandals are located in the heart of the city. The large number of devotees visits the city to take blessing of Five Manache Ganpati and Dagduseth Halwai Ganpati. The five Manache Ganpati comprises of Kasba Ganpati, Tambdi Jogeshwari Ganpati, Guruji Talim Ganpati, Tulshibaug Ganpati and Kesariwada Ganpati. These mandals have the honour of being the foremost among other idols during the immersion procession. On the way, we also covered other Ganesh mandals such Jilbya Maruti, Hutatma Babu Genu and others.

Two days after coming back from Pune, we attended the Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh Ghat in Kalyan as we didn’t want to miss darshan of Ganesh Idols of Kalyan area.The festival ended well with blessing from Lord Ganesh 🙂

Ganpati Bappa Morya! Pudchya Varshi Lavkar Ya!

Here are some photos captured by me during the Pune visit and Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh Ghat, Kalyan.

Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati


Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati


Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati


Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati


Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati


Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati


Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati


Five Manache Ganpati

Kasba Ganpati – कसबा गणपती (मानाचा पहिला गणपती)


Kasba Ganpati – कसबा गणपती (मानाचा पहिला गणपती)


Kasba Ganpati – कसबा गणपती (मानाचा पहिला गणपती)


Tambdi Jogeshwari Ganpati – तांबडी जोगेशवरी गणपती (मानाचा दूसरा गणपती)


Tambdi Jogeshwari Ganpati – तांबडी जोगेशवरी गणपती (मानाचा दूसरा गणपती)


Tambdi Jogeshwari Ganpati – तांबडी जोगेशवरी गणपती (मानाचा दूसरा गणपती)


Guruji Talim Ganpati– गुरुजी तालीम गणपती (मानाचा तिसरा गणपती)


Guruji Talim Ganpati– गुरुजी तालीम गणपती (मानाचा तिसरा गणपती)


Guruji Talim Ganpati– गुरुजी तालीम गणपती (मानाचा तिसरा गणपती)


Guruji Talim Ganpati– गुरुजी तालीम गणपती (मानाचा तिसरा गणपती)


Tulshibaug Ganpati – तुळशीबाग गणपती (मानाचा चौथा गणपती)


Kesari Wada Ganpati – केसरीवाडा गणपती (मानाचा पाचवा गणपती)


Kesari Wada Ganpati – केसरीवाडा गणपती (मानाचा पाचवा गणपती)


Kesari Wada Ganpati – केसरीवाडा गणपती (मानाचा पाचवा गणपती)


Musical show at Kesariwada


Musical show at Kesariwada


Mayuresh Mitra Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Mayuresh Mitra Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Balvikas Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Hutatma Babu Genu Mandal Trust Ganpati, Pune


Hutatma Babu Genu Mandal Trust Ganpati, Pune


Hutatma Babu Genu Mandal Trust Ganpati, Pune


Hutatma Babu Genu Mandal Trust Ganpati, Pune


Beautiful Maharashtrian Sarees


Jilbya Maruti Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Jilbya Maruti Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Karlewadi Ganpati, Pune


Designer rangoli kit seller on Pune street


Designer rangoli kit seller on Pune street


Beautiful Garlands


Gajras/Flowers seller on Pune street


Gajras/Flowers seller on Pune street


Gajras/Flowers seller on Pune street


Funi Aali Ganpati, Pune


Shriram Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Mask seller on Pune street


Bholenath Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Mutheshwar Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Mutheshwar Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Navgrah Mitra Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Navgrah Mitra Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Nutun Mitra Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Nutun Mitra Mandal Ganpati, Pune


Shivajinagar Railway Station Ganpati, Pune


Shivajinagar Railway Station Ganpati, Pune


Sarvoday Pooja Society Ganpati, Kalyan


My Ganpati Bappa


Kailash Park Ganpati, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan


Ganesh Visarjan at Ganesh ghat, Kalyan

Reference:
1. Wikipedia – Ganesh Chaturthi



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  1. Awesome pics and thanks for taking efforts and giving darshan to people like us who missed it.

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