{"id":689,"date":"2007-09-26T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T13:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=689"},"modified":"2007-09-26T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T13:39:19","slug":"pudcha-varshi-laukar-ya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2007\/09\/26\/pudcha-varshi-laukar-ya\/","title":{"rendered":"Pudcha Varshi Laukar Ya \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, was the day when most of Mumbai was out saying bye bye to [tag]Ganpati[\/tag].  The little home Ganpati&#8217;s had their joyous send offs.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/1437609393\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1116\/1437609393_c55a45a5ef.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"Ganpati at the Building cu\" \/><\/a>  Accompanied by band baja, and scores of bad dancers, the Ganpati&#8217;s wove their way through the streets of Mumbai to the sea, where they will be immersed.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/1423101817\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1100\/1423101817_30a58d4b20.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"Ganpati as Krishna\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/1438505820\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1046\/1438505820_60caa7751c.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"The Band Plays On\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/1437623847\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1169\/1437623847_6f0699e2ef.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"Ganpati - getting ready to leave fro visarjan\" \/><\/a>  Families, devotees, and just fun loving citizens turned up to have fun, mauj and masti.. on a day that has come to taken on carnival like proportions.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/1438650592\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1256\/1438650592_a2e0ddb725.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"Pudcha Varshi Laukar ya 2\" \/><\/a>  And what is amazing about this festival, more than any other religious festival &#8230;.. is the tenderness and absolute love with which people observe it. IT has gone beyond rituals and rites&#8230;. and into something where &#8216;God&#8217; has become a personal friend, child, &#8230;.someone for whom people have affection and fondness, not fear and compulsion.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/1438579998\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1394\/1438579998_8b6651f771.jpg?resize=339%2C500\" alt=\"Pudcha varshi Laukar Ya\" \/><\/a>  A word of praise for the [tag]Mumbai Traffic Police [\/tag] &#8230;. once again the men in Khaki, kept the traffic unjammed, ensured that no one got stuck&#8230;. and all in all the good humour and cheer was maintained. Yesterday, I was in the area between Khar &amp; Juhu &#8211; attending a baithak &#8230;.. it took me all of 40 minutes&#8230;. that is despite seeing 52 large Ganpati&#8217;s going for immersion.    Pudcha Varshi&#8230; Laukar Ya&#8230;. you are already being missed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, was the day when most of Mumbai was out saying bye bye to [tag]Ganpati[\/tag]. The little home Ganpati&#8217;s had their joyous send offs. 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