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Traditions to innovations: Different shades of Ganpati celebration across the country
1 / 10Mohan Kumar Dode, from Mumbai's Mulund, has been making a unique Ganpati rangoli for the last many years. This year, a 5 foot by 6 foot rangoli has been made, using 25 kg of sago. It took 2,700 hours to make this rangoli. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)
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2 / 10In Sion Pratiksha Nagar, Mumbai, miniature Ganpati art depicting the waterlogging the city faces every monsoon. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
3 / 10Dhol tasha groups from Pune worship their instruments as part of Ganpati festivities in Mangalwarpeth. (Express Photo by Pavan Khengre)
4 / 10Mumbai's Rintu Rathod with her sweet Ganpati. Trained as a commercial designer at MS University, Baroda, Rathod this year has come up with ‘Chocolate Ganapati’, ‘Kheer Ganapati’ and ‘Haldi milk Ganapati’. (Express Photo)
5 / 10As per an old tradition, Lord Ganpati arrived in Laxmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara on Friday on Ganesh Chaturthi, with the traditional sound of Shehnai and chants of Ganpati Bappa Morya. (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana)
6 / 10Mumbaikar Parag Sawant has created a Bharatmata theatre and mill of Lalbaug, Parel, with a Ganpati idol. (Express photo By Ganesh Shirsekar)
7 / 10Barricades and police personnel at the Visarjan (immersion) ghat at Pune's Mutha river on Saturday, ahead of Anantchaturdashi. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
8 / 10Special modak for Ganpati at a sweet shop in Ludhiana. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)
9 / 10The traditional 'Ek gaon, ek Ganpati' celebration at Agroli village, Maharashtra, where people come together for the festivities. (Express photo by Narendra Vaskar)
10 / 10Devotees gather in huge numbers to seek blessings at Dagadushet Halwai Ganapati Temple, Pune, on Saturday evening. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
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