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Cash
offerings reach Rs 1 cr on fifth day of Ganesha festival
Mumbai:
On the fifth day of the ten-day Ganesha Chaturthi festival, the
organisers of a community Puja pandal in Mumbai confirmed that
they have already received donations of over Rs 1cr. Members of
the organising committee of the famed 'Lalbaug Ka Raja' who have
erected 23-feet Lord Ganpati idol in Mumbai said that this year
the devotees have been more generous to their beloved lord. "We
have just done a rough counting of the donations, it is not yet
finalised. Till now we have received donations over one million
rupees and the counting is still on," said Dilip Joshi, a member
of Lalbaug Ka Raja community Puja Pandal Committee. The members
said they usually begin counting after the end of the festival,
but this time they have taken the decision to begin the process
early to save the currency notes from getting spoiled. "To save
the currency notes from getting damaged when it gets mingled with
flowers and sweet donations, we began the counting on second day
itself," Joshi added. At the end of the 10-day long festival,
the idol of Lord Ganesha would be taken in grand processions and
immersed in water bodies. Ganesha Chaturthi, the most important
festival in Maharashtra, is also celebrated with religious fervour
in other states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
-Aug 28, 2009
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