lalbaugcha raja
Mumbai: Thousands of devotees are thronging Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvjanik Ganesh Mandal for offering prayer to Lalbaugcha Raja Ganapathi Who is famous for fulfilling the wishes of its worshipers and devotees.
In 1934, the Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandal, Lalbaug was founded after the local fishermen and vendors were allotted a plot of land to construct the Lalbaug market.
The Lalbaug utsav is popular as devotees believe that it fulfills the wishes of people. The first Ganesh utsav was celebrated on September 12, 1934. The idol was dressed in the customary fashion of fisherman. The mandal will celebrate its 75th year in 2009.
Taking into account the popularity of the Ganpati festival, mandal provides several facilities to devotees. It also provides prasad and water. Special arrangements and queues are set up for pregnant women and old citizens.
The mandal has a website with a collection of photographs of Ganesh idols.
The members of the mandal along with the local police make the security arrangement for the utsav. High security is provided to all the celebrities visiting the utsav. CCTV cameras and metal detectors are installed at key locations.
Since 1934, the Mandal has been playing an active role in social service. Various social responsible tasks like blood donation camp, rehabilitating a rural town in Raigad district, free study room facility, relief funds, workshops for IPS and IAS students and many more workshop for people have been organized by the Mandal.
Devotee can reach the mandal by road and train as Chinchpokli, Curry road and Lower Parel are nearest railway stations and nearest bus stop is Parel Gaon.
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