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Ganeshostav 2026: Tracing the Mumbai roots of Mumbai's beloved public festival

Ganeshostav 2026 is being celebrated across Mumbai with grand pandals, rituals and cultural programmes. The public festival traces its modern roots to 1893, when freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak began the first sarvajanik Ganeshotsav at Keshavji Nayak Chawl in Girgaum