Ganpatiji from Muscat to Pithampur

Rediff readers sent in their favourite Ganpati pics after the recently concluded Ganesh festival.

Anand Deshpande (Kshirsamudrakar), who is originally from Wardha, but has now settled in Pune, offers a photograph of  Tekdi Ganesh from Sitabardi in Nagpur. He says: "It a very old temple and the Ganesh there is four feet high."

Says Anil Sharma: "We brought this Ganpati on August 23 to our home in Lajpat Nagar - II in Delhi. My mother performs the welcome aarti. Ganpatiji remain for five days in our house. During these five days the whole atmosphere in our house is filled with joy and excitement. 

"In fact due to Ganpatiji our house seems like there is a wedding in the family. But the last day was bit painful at Visarjan. We were all in tears as it happens at Indian wedding when at the time of vidai/doli tears of happiness come automatically from your eyes. I think we all had the same feeling at the time of visarjan."

Here is an image of the famous G S B Seva Mandal Ganesha in Matunga, Mumbai. Folks pray to this Ganpati hoping to get their wishes fulfilled. The pic has been sent by Anil Singh from Kalwa, Thane.

Vratin Vishal Ashtekar, from Parvatigaon, Pune sends a pic of the Ganesha that graced his home.

Binu and Sangeeta, from C R Park, Delhi, send a photograph of the Ganesha who came to their home and stayed for five days. 

Deepak Kundnani celebrated Ganpati Puja in his office at Chinchwad, Pune. Here is his picture.

We have a mail from Ganesh Prabhakar Tawde, Siddhi Tawde, Shardul Tawde, Prabhakar Tawde and Pramila Tawde from Vedant Complex, Vartak Nagar, Thane.

They say: "We have been celebrating this festival for the 25 years. This was our silver jubilee celebration. Ganpati Bappa stays at our home for five days."

Kailash and Amit Mahaur, Thane send a pic of Ganesha.

Kavitkar Vijayanta Trimbak sends a photograph from Sangavi, Pune, Maharashtra.

Ganpatibappa made from newspaper. Courtesy Parag Gogari, Borivali, Mumbai.

Vishal Chaudhari says: "This Ganpati is from my native place -- Alibaug."

Phani Kumar sends a photograph from Bangalore.

Pranay Gupta, who works with Rosyblue (I) at Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh says: "We have been celebrating Ganesh Utsav for the last 11 years in our computer (IT) department. We perform the aarti both the times in a day and distribute prashad in company. We do puja for 10 days and we choose an eco friendly Ganesha made from mitti (earth)."

Rajesh Nadar, of Lower Parel West, Mumbai sends this photograph.

Says Swanand Gogate, from Kalyan, Maharashtra: "This Ganesha, as well as the decorations, are totally eco-friendly. He was created by Preetam, my younger brother with the help of clay and coir. For decoration we used wheat grass, as well as bamboo. We have been celebrating Ganeshotsav in an eco-friendly manner for the last five years."

Venkatesh M Sonar from Vinayak Apartments, Ambarnath East Kansai, sends a photograph of Ganeshaji.

Sunil B Narsale who lives at Altamount Road in south Mumbai says: "We have been celebrating Ganesh Utsav for the last 20 years since 1989. Ganpati remains for 11 days in our house."

The Ganpati at Manish N Bijutkar's place at Nandanvan apartments, Kandivali West, Mumbai.