G.S.B. Seva Mandal, King Circle

Ganpati is considered as the golden god of GSB Seva Sadan. Seva Mandal is an organisation founded by the Gowd Saraswat Brahmin community from Karnataka.

History: Ganpati is considered as the golden god of GSB Seva Sadan. Seva Mandal is an organisation founded by the Gowd Saraswat Brahmin community from Karnataka.
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The community is settled in Mumbai and because of good business opportunities the organisation has prospered.

As a mark of respect to Mumbai, they conduct as various social programmes along with celebrating Ganesh utsav with lot of pomp and grandeur.

The Seva mandal Ganesh idol is embedded with gold jewelry donated by generous devotees. It is considered to be the most expensive idol in the Mumbai.

Help line: The mandal doesn't have any help line.

Facilities: As the mandal is very rich in nature, it provides every devotee who visits the idol with free Mahaprasad and lunch on particular days.

A balcony in the Pandal allows the crowd to have better look at the idol and segregates the people who want to perform pooja in the Pandal.

Peak hours: The ganesh festival is for five days only. So every hour is crowed with visitors.

Security: With a gold embedded idol, security is tight at this mandal. Apart from CCTV cameras and metal detectors, the organisers this year have planned to call in sniffer dogs to detect any bomb threats in the Pandal.

Specialty: The Ganeshotsav celebrations are conducted with immense help from devotees and volunteers who contribute through their labour and donations.

Seva Mandal also conducts various philanthropic activities like dducational assistance and financial assistance to needy individuals based on merits of the case.

How to get there: The nearest railway station on central line is Matunga and King Circle station on harbour line. Buses going towards Kurla and Ghatkopar.

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