Inside Lower Parel's sprawling Western Railway’s carriage repair workshop, a section of the wall is done up with a painting of miniature elephants. Created with shades of black and red in watercolours, the minimalist design is a handiwork of coach painter, Satish Parab. “I try to come up with a new pattern to decorate the walls every year around Ganesh Chaturthi,” says Parab, 45.

Satish Parab paints Ganpatis at his Sion workshop after wrapping up his day job. Pic/Sayed Sameer Abedi