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Lalbaugcha Raja 2022 LIVE darshan: Witness Mumbai's grand Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations | FIRST PICS

Lalbaugcha Raja is Mumbai's most-popular Lord Ganesha idol. After a gap of two years, the lord's idol has been installed amid a huge turnout of devotees.

Written By: Devasheesh Pandey New Delhi Published : Aug 29, 2022 19:07 IST, Updated : Aug 29, 2022 20:49 IST
Lalbaugcha Raja installed Lord Ganesh idol in Mumbai's
Image Source : INSTAGRAM/VISHAL.SONAR__ Lalbaugcha Raja installed Lord Ganesh idol in Mumbai's pandal

The Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Mandal, which installs Mumbai's most famous Lord Ganpati idol, shared the first look of Bappa on Monday evening. After a gap of two years, the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated without any restrictions and the city is expected to see huge crowds turning up to seek the blessings of Lord Ganesha during the festivities. 

Ganesh Chaturthi 2022 will be celebrated on August 31, Wednesday, which will be a large affair at the Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Mandal. Prior to the 10-day celebration, the organisers took to Instagram to share the live streaming details of the Lalbaugcha Raja 2022 first look, which was shared with the devotees on Monday, August 29.

The Lalbaugcha Raja Mandal has been installing the Ganpati idol at its pandal in Central Mumbai since 1934. The unveiling of the Lord Ganesha idol was live-streamed on YouTube. A huge crowd arrived to see the idol's unveiling. 

The devotees also shared the images of Lord Ganesha's idol on social media and they quickly went viral. 

Lalbaugcha Raja has been seated in the temple this year. A grand Ram temple set has been built. Famous art director Nitin Sardesai has made this set. This set of 36 feet high and 36 feet wide has been made. It has beautiful carvings. Chandeliers have also been installed.

The idol of Lalbaugcha Raja is 14 feet and holding the throne, the total height of the idol is 21 feet. This year the Lalbaugcha Raja is celebrating the 89th Ganesh Chaturthi. The idol is made from POP. It takes one and a half months to make the idol. The eyes of the idol are very attractive. Santosh Kambli has sculpted the idol of Lalbaugcha Raja. 

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Lalbaugcha Raja will now stay in this pandal of Mumbai for 11 days. Not only from Mumbai but devotees from all over the country come here to pray to the lord. It is believed that whosoever comes to bow at the feet of Lalbaugcha Raja, they never go back empty-handed. This is the reason that every year after the fulfilment of their wishes, devotees come here to see Bappa.

Facilities are provided to the devotees for the darshan of Lalbaugcha Raja. This year also different queues have been made. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also visit Mumbai on September 5 to pray to the Lalbaugcha Raja.

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(Inputs from Sachin Chowdhary)

 

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