The lord mumbai loves ~ Ganesha !!

Going thru a bit of history, and how Ganesha came in .. !!

"Traditional stories tell that Lord Ganesha was created by goddess Parvati, consort of Lord Shiva. Parvati created Ganesha out of sandalwood paste that she used for her bath and breathed life into the figure. She then set him to stand guard at her door while she bathed. However, while she bathed, Lord Shiva returned and as Ganesha didn't know him, he didn't allow him to enter. Lord Shiva became enraged and severed the head of the child and entered his house. After realizing that he had beheaded his own son, Lord Shiva fixed the head of an elephant in place of Ganesha's head. In this way, Lord Ganesha came to be depicted as the elephant-headed God. "

It was September 18 to be precise, left office by 21 30 (early !!) ~ marched on straight to churchgate... and dropped in at Charni Road !! Sept 18, happens to be the last day of ganesha festival, wherein the mighty lord is immersed!!... hell of a crowd... didnt find it difficult to get down - from the local.. !! as momentum from behind was high (me high on wt. and lots of velocity from behind :-) !! engg. at work ... ) ... huh.... !! was masti for me... !!

(one of the many pics of the lord- Ganesha)

Just moved out of the station, and rushed to my cousins place 2 mins from the station, could not resist clicking pics on the way... the jovial atmosphore, with drums and songs all around,... ppl dancing... like .... what not !!, ... a Q of ganesh idols, on all possible modes of transportation, ... trucks, tractors, laarri's (vegetable wala), cars, in arms.. !!! it was all chaos ... yet things were flowing very smoothly... ... as if no chaos, ppl.... ppl... n just ppl... arnd.. !! the passion that mumbaikars have for the lord, the joy unbound... its hard to believe.... ppl so animated, dancing non-stop.. !! man, its just awesome... somethign not possible to put in words,..... net net... wud say... the passion tat mumbaikars have for the

lord cant be found anywhere else (atleast havent seen the same in baroda or pune).... and it is something one cant miss at all !!

Yup, and a imp. thing, on such occasions if u hadnt had dinner its perfectly fine, u find ppl. offering prasad to everyone... and its good !! :) was enuf to keep me happy, so wont b problem others too !! ;)... also, was surprised to see stall road-side offering 'free' vada-pau's (fav. food of mumbai) to the ppl., thou, didnt try one ... On the way back, boarded the local at charni again... !! the crowd inside also was jst too good !! had a talk with them, they had started since 12 in noon, and was almost 12 hrs now... from they being started, but the smiles on their faces,... and their passion for the lord, just moved me... clicked them too !! had to take permission... from them.. and they all cheered for the click !!

Badly wanted to to go to chowpatty, to witness the actual immersion proceedings but.... ... but 'time again',... and fear of all the road blocks, next day.. reachin work.. was continiously.. at the back of mind... made me pull out of charni road... by 23 30.. but the two hours spent .... were worth it... !!! a day must to witness... for anyone.. who loves the lord... and want to c the passion of mumbaikars,..

(Joy ~ unlimited ... )