Vadodara: An incident of stone pelting and communal clash has happened at Manjusar village of Savli taluka in Vadodara district in Central Gujarat during Ganesh Visarjna procession at Vaghela sheri. Police bandobast has been deployed and peace is restored for now. DeshGujaratRead More

Rajkot: Two persons, Mama and Bhanja by relation died in Aaji dam water during Ganesh Visarjan, while another person with them swam out and survived. Video of this tragedy has gone viral. Six members of Bavaji family from Maninagar near Hudko chowkdi on Kothariya road had gone for Ganesh Visarjan at Aaji dam on fifth day of Ganesh Utsav. They were doing visarjan behind Mogal Mataji mandir in Aaji dam waters. As three members of the family went deep and deep inside with murti for visarjan, tw...Read More

Vadodara: A controversy irrupted in Lunawada based Ganesh Utsav venue where Ganesh ji's murti was placed in lap of over 200 years old saint Sahajanand Swami. The devotees objected Bhagwan Ganesh ji's smaller depiction with Saint Sahajanand Swami's bigger one. The protesters objected to the saint's greater depiction than Bhagwan. Those following Swamminarayan sec are recently facing heat over depiction of saint as Bhagwan Swaminarayan, and projection of Hindu gods as dasa of him. After up...Read More

Mumbai: India's richest person Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani along with his family visited Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Utsav venue and offered darshan, The family also participated in the evening aarti. Mukesh Ambani was accompanied with his mother Kokilaben Ambani, wife Nita Ambani, sons Anant Ambani and Akash Ambani, daughter Isha Ambani, daughters in law, mother in law Purnima Dalal among other family members. In the video, Mukesh Ambani can be heard inviting the main organizer of Lalbaugcha Raj...Read More

Wanakner: Wankaner town is observing a day long strike today protesting against the local civic body's decision to allot a ground for Ganesh Utsav through auction. Local rebel BJP leader and former MLA Jitubhai Somani had sought permission to use the ground for Market Chawk Ka Raja Ganesh Utsav. He had applied for allotment of the ground for Ganesh Utsav which is being organized here for last 12 years. However the local civic body refused to give favor and insisted on an auction. It's worth noti...Read More

Vadodara: Police detained 13 persons after an incident of stone pelting when Ganesh Utsav procession was passing through a Muslim populated locality of Mandvi-Panigate area in Vadodara on late Monday night. None was injured in this incident. A complaint was registered at Vadodara city police station over this incident for rioting, endangering human life or personal safety, defiling the place of worship and unlawful assembly. DeshGujarat Read More

Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayak Chaturthi, is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the Lord Ganesha by Hindus all across India. The Chaturthi is a 10-day festival where devotees welcome the idols of Ganesha and worship him. This year Ganesh Chaturthi will fall on Wednesday, 31st August 2022. The festival generally comes on the fourth day (Chaturthi) of the month of Bhadrapada, which is August to September. Ganesh is also known as Heramba, Ekadanta, Ganapati, Vinayaka and Pillai...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has lifted all controls pertaining to the size of Ganesh idols for Ganeshotsav this year as all regulations related to Covid -19 have ceased to become applicable after March 31, 2022. The state government had restricted the height of Ganesh idols at public places to be not more than 4 feet and at homes to not be more than 2 feet in 2021, keeping in mind the situation arising because of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the guidelines of the Central...Read More