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In Photos: Devotees carry Lord Ganesha idol ahead of Ganeshotsav festival
Updated On: 14 August, 2024 02:43 PM IST | ronak mastakar
Devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesh to a worship place for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations, in Mumbai (Pics/PTI)
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This year, Ganeshotsav, also known as Ganesh Chaturthi, is on September 7
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The festival is marked with the installation of Lord Ganesha's clay murtis (devotional representations of a deity) privately in homes and publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary stages) and is enthusiastically celebrated in Maharashtra
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Ganesh Chaturthi, in Hinduism, is a 10-day festival marking the birth of the Lord Ganesha, the god of prosperity and wisdom
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It begins on the fourth day (Chaturthi) of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September), the sixth month of the Hindu calendar
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Ahead of this year's Ganeshotsav, the BMC announced that public Ganesha Mandals who have been following government rules in the last ten years will be given permission for five consecutive years for building mandap
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