Mumbai: Its not Pune, but Mumbai, that goes crazy on Ganesh Pooja Day(September1) and subsequent immersions at Dadar and Girgaun chowpatthy shores.
The whole city danced in colours to the time of ‘Ganapathy Bappa Morya!’ to welcome super and superb Ganesha idols, as lakhs of people rubbed their shoulders on Thursday with one another in a thrill, taught by Balgangadhar Thilak in 1893.
There was festive look about the huge city of over a crore citizens.
The Elephant god was their dearest relative, who came home, and they performed an Aarthi to him in so many forms, stances and outlooks.
About 2 lac idols were made and sold in the India’s commercial capital a Maratha city. There were 10350 public committies for images kept for worship in public places.
The Konkani Brahmins hired a 15 day pandal with an idol whose decors were insured for Rs.222 crores, they say at kings circle, Dadar. People prepared for weeks to start the most popular festival of 12500 registered associations.
Central Mumbai had a 12 foot tall idol to worship there.