Its that time of the year again when the devotees of Lord Ganesha pay their obeisance to Lord Ganesha for their well being.
Mumbai, Sept. 20 : It's that time of the year again when the devotees of Lord Ganesha pay their obeisance to Lord Ganesha for their well being.
And like every other year, this year too, Bollywood is not far behind in seeking blessings.
One of its ilk, Salman Khan, attended the prayer with hundreds of other devotees at the famous Raja Ganpati Mandal on Wednesday.
"We believe in this. The energy here is spectacular. When we were kids, we used to come here and I have come here after a long time. Whatever I wanted, I have got," Khan said.
Former hockey player Dhanraj Pilllai was also present on the occasion.
Besides Khan, Suniel Shetty, Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor also visited Ganpati mandals to pay their obeisance. Shilpa Shetty too joined the devotees in worshipping Lord Ganesha at Lalbaug.
Meanwhile, the immersion of Ganesh idols started at the Dadar-Chopati Beach.Legend has it that Hindu Goddess Parvati had created Ganesh from a perfumed putty-like substance, used to remove dirt from her body in an ancient self-cleansing ritual, the equivalent of a modern bath.
Parvati's husband Lord Shiva, one of the three most powerful Gods in the Hindu pantheon, flew into rage and beheaded the young lad and barred his entry into Kailash, Shiva's snow-clad mountain abode.
When he later realised that the boy was created by his wife Parvati during his absence, Shiva brought him back to life by slaying an elephant and giving him the animal's head. Thus was created Ganesh, one of the best-loved of Indian gods.
The Ganesha festival is hugely popular in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
ANI