2013 Dandiya Raas Garba Navratri Venues Mumbai

It is that time of the year when it is time to learn and practice your dance moves for Garba & Dandiya Raas! Mumbai city is the place to be, to enjoy the colourful musical public events at various venues. 

Other than the most popular one, where Falguni Pathak performs live, there are other places too where you can dance to your heart's content to the latest Bollywood beats & traditional numbers.

Visiting RBI museum Mumbai

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which is India’s official monetary authority, has set up a museum in Maharashtra’s capital city Mumbai. 

The goal of the museum is to provide documentation and preserve the heritage of India’s financial instruments as well as to educate people on the concept of money over the ages. 

In fact, the museum not only showcases currency just from India but also from other parts of the globe & takes you back in time to the time when punched coins existed.

2013 Ram Maruti Road Dadar Ganapati pandal

A well-known landmark in central Mumbai is the Shiv Sena Bhavan, headquarters of the Shiv Sena political party. The organizers who have set up the Ram Maruti Road Ganapati pandal have this year re-created the Shiv Sena Bhavan. It has been done very realistically both on the exterior and in the interior. Do visit it!

2013 Dadarcha Raja Ganapati pandal

The photos in this blog post are of the Dadarcha Raja located at R.K.Vaidya Road, opp. Kotwal Udyan, Dadar (West), Mumbai.

Divekar Ganapati Murti Makers

The Ganapati idols here have been created by Divekar Ganapati murti makers.

They are based in Kalyan but you can see these idols at at Dadar, at R.K.Vaidya Road (opposite Kotwal Udyan), Dadar (West), Mumbai.

Why 21 modaks are offered to Ganapati

We well know that modaks are Ganapati’s favourite sweet food. However, few of us know how the modak came to be Lord Ganesha’s favourite food. Even fewer know why specifically 21 modaks are offered during a puja of Lord Ganesha during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.

There is an interesting charming story behind this...

Why Ganapati idols are shown with musical instruments

Many idols of Gods and Goddesses are depicted holding a musical instrument. Some are directly associated with a specific instrument. For example, Goddess Saraswati with the veena, Lord Krishna with the flute, etc. 

The idols of Ganapati will often be seen having a musical instrument, maybe a flute or a mridangam or tablas.