2024-09-10 05:00 PM IST
The Ganpati festival is here and the city of Mumbai is already gleaming with Ganpati Bappa Morya chants. The entire state of Maharashtra gets soaked in the enthusiasm of Ganesh Chaturthi for 11 days like no other state. But did you know, the story behind the beginning of the celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharashtra is equally fascinating? It all started from a tiny chawl in Mumbai and it has surely come a long way. But over the years, the fashion in which the festival was celebrated has changed a lot. What has remained the same and what has changed? We went to Mumbai’s famous pandals to find this out. Take a look.