In today's post, our guest post contributor - Paras, shares his love and passion for clicking Bappa.
It's simply a passion and my love for the festival + photography . I have been visiting various pandals & photographing Ganesha since 1996, when I got my first camera !
Though during those times it was not on such large scale, I used to visit pandals in my city & only a few ones of Mumbai.
When I bought my bike, I got the much needed mobility & the nunber of pandals increased. This year, I was able to take darshan of over 200 Bappas (household + Sarvajanik) covering over a distance of almost 400kms over my bike.
But the best and fondest part of this year, was my kiddo Siddhesh (6 years) too joined me in this passion & visited almost 100+ pandals with me! The happiness & smile on his face while watching these big Ganeshas was a big time booster for me to go on & on....
Some more pictures that I clicked.
The pooja idol of Shree Kesari Mitra Mandal, Hanuman Chowk - Mulund (East) was a unique one. I was informed that the idol was ordered from Karanataka and therefore the features differs a lot from the other idols.
It's simply a passion and my love for the festival + photography . I have been visiting various pandals & photographing Ganesha since 1996, when I got my first camera !
Though during those times it was not on such large scale, I used to visit pandals in my city & only a few ones of Mumbai.
When I bought my bike, I got the much needed mobility & the nunber of pandals increased. This year, I was able to take darshan of over 200 Bappas (household + Sarvajanik) covering over a distance of almost 400kms over my bike.
But the best and fondest part of this year, was my kiddo Siddhesh (6 years) too joined me in this passion & visited almost 100+ pandals with me! The happiness & smile on his face while watching these big Ganeshas was a big time booster for me to go on & on....
Some more pictures that I clicked.
The pooja idol of Shree Kesari Mitra Mandal, Hanuman Chowk - Mulund (East) was a unique one. I was informed that the idol was ordered from Karanataka and therefore the features differs a lot from the other idols.
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I have never lived in Maharashtra, but my cousins in Nagpur keep telling me about the festival. Its great! Magnificent!
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Yes Ms. Rupa it is magificent and celebrated on a grand scale. Do plan a visit to Mumbai next year during Ganesh festival and I am sure you will fall in love with this festival.
Deleteu took such great pics of ghaneshji
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Thank you Ms. Pooja for your compliments.
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