00:00 The Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava started in Mumbai
00:03 because of the Keshavji Naik Sal.
00:05 But the Girangabha region in Mumbai
00:08 had a huge role in this cultural event.
00:11 The Girangabha region was the original Maratha origin.
00:15 Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava, which was the origin of Mumbai,
00:18 started in this region.
00:20 The Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava's legacy
00:22 has spread over a large scale in the last 40 years.
00:25 Lok Sabha was the first newspaper
00:27 to start the Ganesh Darshan competition for Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava.
00:32 Hello, I am Vinayak Parabdhe,
00:48 with Lok Sabha Ghost, Mumbai's second episode.
00:50 In this second episode, we explored the modernity of Mumbai
00:54 and the antiquity of Mumbai.
00:57 This is a different part of the city
01:00 and we will explore the modernity of this city
01:03 and its history.
01:05 We can see the Ganesh idols
01:09 on the back of my head.
01:11 We are preparing for the biggest cultural event in Maharashtra,
01:16 which is the Ganesh Yathsava.
01:18 The Ganesh Yathsava and Mumbai have a unique connection.
01:22 We will explore this connection today.
01:25 We have come to Kamla Sathe Ganesh Murti Centre,
01:29 which was here before the earthquake.
01:33 (Music)
01:36 (Music)
01:39 (Music)
02:08 Ganapati and Mumbai have a unique connection.
02:12 But the Ganesh Yathsava and the Indian Independence Movement
02:16 have a different connection.
02:17 We all know that the Lokamanya Tilkas have a connection with it.
02:22 Lokamanya Tilkas were said to have brought home Ganapati
02:26 to Sarvajanik, to the streets.
02:29 But they had done a good job of bringing Sarvajanik to the people.
02:34 The people expected the society to unite
02:40 and the society to unite would lead to independence.
02:44 This would lead to a lot of violence,
02:46 a lot of stagnation and a lot of oppression.
02:50 That is why they started the Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava.
02:53 The Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava started in Mumbai
02:57 because of Keshavji Naik Sal.
03:00 The first Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava in Mumbai
03:04 was established in the presence of the Lokamanya Tilkas.
03:08 The Ganesh Yathsava group in Mumbai
03:10 have now started moving towards the Shambhari.
03:16 In 1920, when Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava started in Mumbai,
03:24 the main city of that time was South Mumbai.
03:29 In South Mumbai, especially Giran village,
03:33 this cultural festival had a big impact.
03:38 What is Giran village?
03:39 The Girgaon that starts from there
03:42 is a very reddish and a little bit of a brownish area.
03:46 This was called Giran village
03:49 because there were around 40 big Giranas,
03:53 especially Kapad Girana.
03:56 The Marathi community was the main workers in all these Giranas.
04:03 The Giran village was the original Maratha base.
04:08 The Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava,
04:10 which started in Mumbai,
04:11 was established in this very place in the very beginning.
04:15 It is said that Mumbai is a place where you can't sleep at night.
04:21 It is true.
04:22 But when the Ganesh Yathsava festival is celebrated,
04:25 you can see that this city is filled with enthusiasm.
04:29 Usually, people are tired after working all day,
04:34 and they are a little bit tired at night.
04:38 But the Ganesh Yathsava festival is such
04:40 that if you visit Mumbai at night,
04:44 you will see a lot of fireworks,
04:47 and you will see a lot of Ganesh idols.
04:52 Especially, the Giran village,
04:56 which is located in the southern part of Mumbai,
05:01 you will see a lot of fireworks at night.
05:07 You can see the fireworks slowly moving forward.
05:11 As the Ananta Chaturdashi festival approaches,
05:15 the crowd of people comes to the festival,
05:18 and you can see the spirit of the festival in this place.
05:23 In the last 40 years,
05:25 the Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava festival in Mumbai
05:27 has changed a lot.
05:30 It has become a little bit commercial.
05:33 In the past, the Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava festival,
05:37 which was only in the south of Mumbai,
05:39 or in the Giran village,
05:41 is now spread in both the cities of Mumbai.
05:44 On one side, in the western city,
05:46 the festival is spread to the limits of Mumbai.
05:49 It is spread to the extent of Bhayinder,
05:51 Dasai Virar.
05:54 On the other side, on the sides of Thana and Paligad,
05:57 the festival is spread to the extent of New Mumbai,
06:02 and to the extent of Thet, Murbad.
06:05 The Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava festival
06:07 has spread in a large number in the last 40 years.
06:10 It has become a very important event.
06:15 It is related to the Lokasapt.
06:20 The year was 1982.
06:22 The editor of Lokasapt was Madhav Gadkari.
06:26 In 1982, Lokasapt was the first newspaper
06:31 to start the Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava festival.
06:36 Until then, there was no competitive atmosphere,
06:39 competitive situation.
06:42 Lokasapt brought in the spirit of competition
06:45 and a little bit of entertainment.
06:48 It was about how the Ganesh statue was made,
06:51 how well the statue was made,
06:53 how well the artist has made the statue,
06:56 and how he started giving it awards.
07:00 Not only that,
07:01 the Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava in Mumbai
07:03 was attracted by the Ganesh devotees.
07:06 It was the first time in Mumbai.
07:09 Sometimes, an incident was shot for the festival.
07:14 Some stories were shot.
07:16 The scenes were set.
07:18 In the beginning, the scenes were static.
07:24 But, later, it changed.
07:26 In the year 1982,
07:29 the Ganesh Yathsava group started
07:32 showing the live-action scenes.
07:36 This was the same period, in 1982,
07:39 when Lokasapt started the Ganesh Yathsava competition.
07:43 The famous artists,
07:45 some of whom had come from JJ School of Art,
07:49 and the most famous artist,
07:52 started working as testers for this competition.
07:56 The testers would travel to Mumbai
08:00 for the first 3-4 days.
08:02 The Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava group would go there,
08:06 and test the artists.
08:08 The first round would be over.
08:10 The second round would be after that.
08:12 And, the last round would be after that.
08:14 Lokasapt was a big international festival.
08:17 It was in the field of modern journalism.
08:20 It was in the field of communication.
08:22 This made the Lokasapt Ganesh Yathsava competition
08:25 a different international event.
08:27 The Lokasapt Ganesh Yathsava competition
08:29 was very important in Mumbai.
08:32 Until 1982,
08:35 the Girgaon area,
08:38 from Girgaon to Dadar,
08:41 the centre of Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava,
08:45 was in the west of Uttar Pradesh.
08:48 And, in some places, it was in the east of Uttar Pradesh.
08:52 If we remember, we will remember
08:54 that in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986,
08:58 all the participants of the Lokasapt Ganesh Yathsava competition
09:02 were from the Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava group
09:05 who were in the Andheri area.
09:07 There was a Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava group in that.
09:10 In the same way, in the Andheri area,
09:12 in the Parashivada area,
09:14 there was a Shiv Sena Ganesh Yathsava group.
09:16 The Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava group
09:19 would go to the Akhteri of Shiv Sena.
09:23 They got many years of experience.
09:26 And, apart from that, another important event
09:30 was in the village of Marol,
09:32 which is a part of Marol MIDC.
09:34 All the industrialists from that village
09:36 came together and started the Sarvajanik Ganesh Yathsava group.
09:39 There, a huge competition of the Dekha bench was held.
09:42 What happened was, in this competition,
09:45 a very small group of people,
09:48 their size increased,
09:50 and a very large number,
09:51 that is, a very large group of people,
09:53 and a huge Dekha bench was to be erected in it.
09:56 That is, Ganesh devotees enter a cave
09:59 and then come out of it.
10:01 Such a Dekha bench was erected.
10:02 Or, in the middle of the heaven,
10:04 the Dekha bench of the Indra people
10:05 was spread all over the ground.
10:07 Such a competition was started
10:09 in the competition of Ganesh Yathsava.
10:12 All these huge Dekha benches
10:14 were to be erected all night in Giran village.
10:18 That is, all the Ganesh Yathsava group
10:20 was to be seen in the evening.
10:23 Similarly, all the sand was spread
10:25 in all directions,
10:26 from the dark side to the front.
10:28 After that, all these sand,
10:30 all these sand was spread
10:31 from one side to Borivali,
10:33 from the other side to Kurnia,
10:35 and from Bhandup Kanjurmarg,
10:37 all these sand was spread to Mulund.
10:40 And the entire competition of Ganesh Yathsava
10:42 was to be held in the form of a storm.
10:44 For about 4 to 5 years,
10:46 this was noticed by other current leaders,
10:48 and after that,
10:49 with the Ganesh Darshan competition of Lok Satya,
10:51 various media outlets in Mumbai
10:53 started the Ganesh Darshan competition.
10:57 But, the honour of starting this Ganesh Darshan competition
11:00 was given to Lok Satya,
11:02 but the centre point of the public Ganesh Yathsava in Mumbai,
11:05 the credit of taking the entire decision
11:07 from Giran village to Mumbai,
11:09 was given to Lok Satya.
11:12 So, friends,
11:13 in the coming time,
11:14 the Ganesh Yathsava that is going to be held,
11:16 with this reason,
11:18 we tried to take the Vedas of the tradition of modern Mumbai's public Ganesh Yathsava.
11:24 In the next part of Ghost Mumbai,
11:27 we will see,
11:28 sometimes the ancientness of Mumbai,
11:30 sometimes the modernity of Mumbai,
11:32 and sometimes the contemporary things of Mumbai,
11:34 we will take the Vedas of all these.
11:36 Till then,
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