With the begining of Ganeshotsav festivities, the ‘Lalbaugcha Raja’ revealed the first look of its signature 14-feet-tall Ganesh idol in Mumbai on Monday. Lalbaugcha Raja or ‘King of Lalbaug’ is the most visited Ganesh idol Ganesh idol in Mumbai as lakhs of devotees throng the Lalbaugh market to visit the Lalbaugcha Raja every year.
This year, the festivities come for the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. In 2020, no Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations took place for the first time in its over eight decades of existence.
The festival, celebrated mainly in Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, will begin on Ganesh Chaturthi which is falling on 31 August this time. Maharshtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that the Covid-19 curbs have been lifted, as also the limits on the height of the Lord Ganesh idols.
Ram Charan’s RRR look inspires Ganpati idols
After the phenomenal success of SS Rajamouli’s movie RRR, Lord Ganesha statue will come in the style of Ram Charan’s look for the upcoming festival. The Fan clubs of the actor shared the pictures of a Ganpati idol from an unnamed location where the deity is in a running position, similar to Ram Charan’s character in the movie.
Its not the first time that Ram Charan’s movies have inspired Ganesh idols. Earlier in 2015, another hit, Baahubali: The Beginning, had also inspired a few Ganpati idols.
