Mumbai: The first look of Mumbai’s famous Lalbaugcha Raja was unveiled on the evening of September 5, days ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The history of the Lalbaugcha Raja is quite famous as it is the popular Ganesh murti of Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal, located at Putlabai Chawl, a worship place founded in 1934.
The Lalbaugcha Raja Ganapati murti has been taken care of by the Kambli family for over eight decades.
Ganesh Chaturthi, a ten-day festival that starts on the fourth day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month ‘Bhadrapada’, will start on September 7 this year. This auspicious ten-day festival starts with ‘Chaturthi’ and ends on ‘Anantha Chaturdashi’.
The festive period is also known as ‘Vinayak Chaturthi’ or ‘Vinayak Chavithi’. The festival celebrates Ganesha as the ‘God of New Beginnings’ and the ‘Remover of Obstacles’ as well as the god of wisdom and intelligence.
It is celebrated with much fanfare in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, with lakhs of devotees converging into mandals to seek blessing from Bhagwan Ganesh.
For the festivities, people bring Bhagwan Ganesh murtis to their homes, observe fasts, prepare mouth-watering delicacies, and visit pandals during the festival. (With inputs from ANI)
