Parag Pardhi, a sculpture artist made 14-feet tall Lord Ganesh Idol out of paper mache. Devotees can visit the 'Elphinstone cha Raja' Ganeshotsav Mandal to see this idol.

Mumbaikars crowd outside a shop in Lalbaug to buy decorative items for the Ganpati Festival

Devotees buy glitter clothes, makar and other decorative items from a shop for the 10-day festival

Shopkeepers showing various designed clothes used to make pandals during the festival

A week before the festival, Ganesh Idol taken to pandal from Lalbaug street