Editor’s Note
As Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated nationwide, we look at the scale of devotion—from grand street pandals in Maharashtra to a record-setting miniature gold idol in Surat.
Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated across India on Wednesday. In Maharashtra, every street and neighborhood is adorned with grand displays and pandals of Lord Ganesha. In Surat, a jeweler has created the world’s smallest 1-inch gold idols of Ganesha and Lakshmi.
Meanwhile, millions of devotees are thronging for darshan, from Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja to Pune’s Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati. The morning aarti was performed at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple.
Special aartis, decorations, and displays are also being organized in Ganesh temples in Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and other states across the country. This year, the Maharashtra government has officially declared the public Ganesh festival as the ‘Maharashtra State Festival’.
In Surat, Gujarat, a jeweler has created the world’s smallest 22-carat gold idols of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi. These idols are only 1 inch tall and weigh 10 grams.
– MNS chief Raj Thackeray performed puja of Lord Ganesha with his family.
– Devotees arrived at Jaipur’s iconic Moti Dungri Ganesh Ji Temple for puja and to join the festivities.
– The Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations began at Mumbai’s famous Siddhivinayak Temple, with a large number of people arriving.
– Aarti was performed at the Ganesh Temple in Vastrapur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
– A large number of devotees are arriving for puja at the Ganapati Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
– Prime Minister Modi extended his greetings, writing: “Wishing you all a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi. May this auspicious occasion filled with devotion and faith bring prosperity to everyone.”
– Aarti was performed at Nagpur’s Shri Ganesh Temple, Tekdi.
– Devotees in large numbers arrived at the Sri Arulmigu Mundhi Vinayagar Temple in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
– Devotees gathered for puja at the Ganesh Temple in Guwahati, Assam.
– A procession was taken out during the installation of the idol of Pune’s famous Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati.
– The morning aarti of Lord Ganesha was performed at Mumbai’s most famous Ganesh pandal, Lalbaugcha Raja.
– Actress Ankita Lokhande brought a Ganesh idol home in Mumbai to welcome Lord Ganesha before the festival.
– Padma Shri award-winning sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a unique Ganesh idol using 1,500 lemons on Puri beach. Through this art, he displayed the messages of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Self-Reliant India’ and ‘Make in India’.
