The days before the Ganesh festival, among Mumbai’s favourites, is a time of shivery anticipation, feverish activity and citizens heading out to their villages to celebrate with their families. mid-day catches the frenetic activity on the ground from across the city
Devotees, leaving for the Konkan for the Ganesh festival, wait to board a bus from Parel ST Depot. PIC/ATUL KAMBLE
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A shopkeeper shows off some Bethlehem flowers that are used during the Ganesh puja. PIC/KIRTI SURVE PARADE
Flower vendors put out their best wares on display in Dadar West. PIC/RANE ASHISH
A vendor at a flower market shows off a durva mala. PIC/KIRTI SURVE PARADE
Mumbaikars at the bus terminus in Borivli East as they head out to their villages for the Ganesh festival. PIC/NIMESH DAVE
A young girl plays with a flower at a puja flower shop at the Dadar flower market. PIC/KIRTI SURVE PARADE
Manjiras hanging in a shop at Dadar flower market. PIC/KIRTI SURVE PARADE
An electrician sets up decorative lights at a Ganesh pandal in Borivli West. PIC/NIMESH DAVE
