From Matunga to Seattle: Readers' PIX of Ganeshotsav

We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.

Reader K A Viswanathan from Matunga has sent us a picture of this Ganesha installed near Kapol Niwas, Girgaum, Mumbai.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Ram Kulkarni has sent this picture of his eco-friendly home Ganapati: no plaster-of-Paris or thermocol has been used in the design of the statue.

Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Murali Sundaram sent us this photo from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States. The statue has been made using children's clay, and has been coloured using washable water colours

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

K AViswanathan has sent us another photo of the Pramanik Ganesha, from Matunga, Mumbai.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

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Reader Srikanth and his family celebrated their Ganesh Chaturthi in Singapore, for the first time outside of their home in Bengaluru.

The idol was brought from Bali in Indonesia; the floral decoration is done using Singaporean Orchids and roses; the Indian Jasmine adding the traditional flair to it.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

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Reader Ashish Pol has sent us this picture of his home Ganapati, from Miraj district, Sangli.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

K A Viswanathan has sent us another pic of this Ganesha installed near Aurora Cinema, Matunga, Mumbai.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Navin Kumar Y heads a group called Shree Bhola Shanker Youth Association based out of New Bowenpally, Hyderabad. This is the picture of Gansha his group has installed in their premises.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Naisha, Swami, Rasika and Prabhakar Shetty sent us a picture of their Ganapati idol at their Vile Parle, Mumbai home.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Rishikesh Tiwari from Vikhroli, Mumbai has sent us this picture of the Ganapati installed at his home.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Girish Singhal has sent us this picture of Shree Siddhi Vinayak Ganesh idol, which is made out a single 9 metric tonne block of stone, and stands at 12 feet.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Rama Kesariwala blindfolds her eyes and makes an eco-friendly Ganpati idol in 15 minutes, at an event which was attended by Bollywood star Esha Koppikar.

Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Prashant Mhatre from Kalwa,Thane has sent us this picture his home Ganapati. His theme is based on the house boats of Kashmir.

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Nandi has sent us this picture of Ganeshotsav decoration at his place in Seattle. He selects a theme every year for the festival, based on current affairs, for a social message or celebrate something good.

This year he has chosen the theme of anti-Corruption, led by Ganesh Anna. 

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Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Sanjay Misra from Kanpur has sent is this photo of Lord Siddha Vinayak, installed at the local Ganesh mandir.

Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Chandrashekhar Bheda has sent us this picture of the Ganesha installed at the Maharashtra Mandal, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.

Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

K Srinivasan from Bangalore has sent us this picture of the Bangalore Ganesha Ganesha 2011.

Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Rupesh D has sent us this picture of Ganesha.

Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Reader Ajay has sent us this picture of Ganesha from Kampala, Uganda. The festivities are being taken care of by Ugandan member of Parliament Sanjay Tanna, who is a Ugandan-born Indian.

The aarti and darshan are attended by approximately 600 people, everyday.

Have you brought Lord Ganpati home? Or does your family or neighbours have a wonderful Ganesha mandap up? Have your perhaps seen a beautiful Ganpati in your town or in someone's home? Please take a photograph of your special Ganpati, scan it, tell us where your Ganpati is located and any further details. Or take a video of  your special Ganpati and send it to us with details of his location.

Mail your photos at citizen.reporter@rediffmail.com or upload your videos on iShare