लोकमान्य टिळकांनी मूहूर्तमेढ रोवलेला सार्वजनिक गणेशोत्सव मुंबईतही सुरू झाला; त्याने या शहरात चांगलेच मूळ धरले, स्वातंत्र्य चळवळीलाही त्याचा फायदाच झाला. स्वातंत्र्यानंतर दीर्घकाळ म्हणजे तब्बल ३५ वर्षे या सार्वजनिक गणेशोत्सवाचे केंद्र होते ते गिरणगावामध्ये. दूर उपनगरातून मुंबईकर गणेशभक्त यायचे ते गिरणगावात गणेशदर्शनाच्या ओढीने. मात्र १९८२ हे साल आणि लोकसत्ता निमित्तमात्र ठरले. याच वर्षी आघाडीचे व विश्वसनीय वृत्तपत्र असलेल्या लोकसत्ताने गणेशदर्शन स्पर्धेला सुरुवात केली. सार्वजनिक गणेश मंडळांसाठी सुरू झालेली ही पहिलीच स्पर्धा होती. गणेशमूर्ती- देखावे या साऱ्यांसाठी आकर्षक बक्षिसे होती. या स्पर्धात्मकतेने मुंबईतील गणेशदर्शनाचा केंद्रबिदू उपनगरांच्या दिशेने नेण्याचे काम केले कारण या स्पर्धेत येणारी पहिली तिन्ही मंडळे नंतरच्या अनेक वर्षांसाठी अंधेरी परिसरातील होती. तर पूर्व उपनगरामध्ये ती भांडूप आणि कांजूरमार्गची होती... साहजिकच गणेशभक्तांचा ओघ दर्शनासाठी मुंबई उपनगरांच्या दिशेने सुरू झाला आणि मुंबईतील सार्वजनिक गणेशोत्सवाचा इतिहास बदलला!
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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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