Mumbai: Maharashtra is set to welcome the deity of his resistance Lord Ganesha with love and devotion to Chaturthi Friday.
Initial shocks and doubts that gripped Ganpati Mandals after the appearance of Covid-19 had caused them to press the pause button on the celebration.
However, this year, at least some organizers have revived their creativity, even though Darshan for limited worshipers online.
The oldest mandal Ganesh Gully in Lalbaugh, now in the 94th year, launched an idol pulled her on Thursday.
Tejukaya Ganeshotsav near him 55 years old has described the gods in the form of Pujari, sitting on a cunning hill placed in front of him.
Spokesman Rahul Dhumne said, “Mr.
Ganesh was seen praying to the god of Shiva to shower to the blessing of humanity and eradicate all the bad things from the earth including Coronavirus.” The first look of Tejukaya Ganpatithe Mumbaiicha Maharaja from Khetwadi 11 Lane celebrated its 60th year of seminal with a beautiful idol player in Shivaji Maharaj’s prints.
“Sculptor Rajesh Mayekar has made this full of tissue paper, and decorative artwork is by Nikhil Jamdade,” said Mandal Head Ganesh Vadvel.
Mumbaiicha Maharajathe Khetwadicha King in Khambata Lane is 52 years old, who usually rises to 24 feet, has been peeled for up to 4 feet this year.
Mr.
Ganesh sat on the throne flanked by his Consator Riddhi and Siddhi.
“We will only hold five people to Aarti, and focus on sanitation.
A priest will come every morning and night for Puja.
We will do Sahastravartan and Shri Satyanarayan Puja because this is our ritual practice,” said President Mandal Pawan Sharma.
However, Khetwadicha king of Khambata Lane for most organizers, strangering pandal blocking the possibility of installing large themes or luxury decorations.
The 70-year-old Shivdicha Raja Mandal has limited the 10-day celebration to five days, just as it was done last year.
“Government guidelines determined that we must celebrate on a small scale.
So our smaller mandap and our idol is 4 feet instead of 15 ordinary feet,” said Organizer Vijay Indulkar.
Shivdicha Rajehe Tua Ganeshotsav of Mumbai, The Venerable Keshavji rises Chawl in Giragaum, in 129 years.
For decades, this mandal with a steady head on his shoulder has maintained an idol of 2.25 feet.
It does not increase heights during the 125th anniversary, and has not had to reduce it during a pandemic too.
The focus is still simplicity and public welfare.
“Our team has been to Chiplun and donated computers, printers, stationery, and other educational material to schools run by the Education Community of Shreeram.
Not a big thing, only love tokens and social responsibility,” said President Mandal Bhushan Pokle.
Meanwhile, Lalbaugcha King Mandal will reveal the idol at 10:30 a.m.
on Friday.
Darshan will be available on the social media channel.
President Ballasaheb Kambu said, “We have seized our idol to 4 feet and put on a fence.
Now the responsibility (from preventing the crowd) is up to the police.” Fortunately, the rain on the outskirts of the city late Thursday, allowing household worshipers to receive safe deliveries from fragile clay idols.
At Riddhi Ganesh Arts in the east malad, the children were excited and the first worshipers were among those who arrived to bring home Bappa.
The worshipers carefully brought beautiful idols with golden decorations.
Toi Photo: Uma Kadam