Cash donations at the Lalbaugcha Raja - Rs 3.57 CRORE and counting, with an auction of Gold and silver donations still pending!!! (kya ji... kisine kuch recession ke baare mein kaha??)http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&AW=1252303695968
Monday - Aug 24 - was a sight... the 14 km journey from office to home took exactly 2.5 hours - 6.45 pm to 9.15!!! Why? See, the funda is that 1.5 days after Chaturthi, the golu-molu-cho-chweet-Elephant God has to reach his destination - the sea :) (its alright if other golu-molu-cho- chweet ppl like me, sitting in comfy buses go home a tad later than usual) he proceeded in all forms - dancing Ganesha, Shiv-like Ganesha, Murlidhari Ganesha - adn in all modes - Wagon Rs, Sumos, Matadors... followed and 'prologue'ed by a retinue of band-baaja, aam/affluent janta-turned-dancers!
1.5/3/5/7/12th day 'visarjan', Traffic diversions, blaring loudspeakers... voila... this city should be renamed Ganpatiya! (how come the think tank never thinks of asking ME for advice?)!
I heard even Diwali doesnt come anywhere close to this electrifying celebration!
Anyway, am glad was a part of and a witness to the festivity!
Ganpati bappa morya!!!
Mangala moorti morya!!!
p.s: MY pics in the pipeline (due to technical flaws, the pipe is still being laid - typical Indi fashion ;))
I heard even Diwali doesnt come anywhere close to this electrifying celebration!
Anyway, am glad was a part of and a witness to the festivity!
Ganpati bappa morya!!!
Mangala moorti morya!!!
p.s: MY pics in the pipeline (due to technical flaws, the pipe is still being laid - typical Indi fashion ;))
In the process of becoming a full fledged Mumbaiyya?:)You sure seem floored by the spirit and the scale of the festivities.
ReplyDeleteCompleted spell bound! But... i dont think i would become a Mumbaiite! - even Anna said so! My spirit i guess still would remain Chennaiite :) 25 years is a hard habit to break ;)
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ReplyDeleteEh 100! wat a surprise... how didya even know my blog was up and running? Anyway, danke... after all, u were all for me startin a blog!! :)
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