2023-09-21 07:20 PM IST | Mumbai
Ganesh Chaturthi 2023, Mumbai’s favourite festival has kickstarted from 19 September. All the devotees have installed the Ganesh idols at their homes and are gathering in huge numbers at the famous Ganesh Pandals in Mumbai. Sarvajanik Shree Ganeshotsav Mandal, which is the oldest one in Mumbai, started after Bal Gangadhar Tilak made a call for it in 1893. There is more to the history of this Ganesh Pandal and these chawls as some of the famous personalities have dwelled here. It was the same chawl where Swatantraveer Savarkar had sent a pistol concealed in a dictionary from London to encourage a freedom struggle against the British. Watch this video to know more about this unique and historically significant Ganesh Pandal.