KASBA GANPATI | PUNE'S FIRST HONORED GANPATI | GANESH FESTIVAL 2021| PUNE GRAMDAIVAT | NISARG YATRI

Shri Kasba Ganpati - Pune's first Deity and First honored Ganpati - Glimpses of celebration of Ganesh Festival 2021.

It's my privilege to be part of Kasba Ganpati Mandal and this video is a tribute to my Ganpati Bappa. Praying him to overcome this Pandemic and hoping to celebrate the Ganesh festival in its traditional way as earlier.

History of Kasba Ganpati :
In the year 1630 AD, the queen Jijabai Bhosale arrived in Pune with her son Shivaji. Young Shivaji, who was only aged 12, was disturbed by the pathetic plight of the mavals. Shivaji vowed to liberate the mavals from the Mughals. At the same time, an idol of Lord Ganesh was found near the house of Vinayak Thakar, who used to reside close to the residence of the queen, Jijabai Bhosle. Jijabai perceived this as an auspicious moment and promptly built a temple, which is today known as the famous Shri Kasba Ganpati Mandir. Young Shivaji started building the empire of ‘Swarajya’ after this auspicious moment.

Since then, Pune is also known as the city of Lord Ganesh and has witnessed cultural development. Lord Ganesh is the Lord of knowledge and the destroyer of obstacles. Therefore, Lord Ganesh is worshipped on every auspicious occasion. The Peshwas were ardent followers of Lord Ganesh. During the regime of the Peshwas, Shaniwarwada--the house of the Peshwas witnessed the grand celebrations for Lord Ganesh.

In 1893, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the great freedom fighter of India, initiated the Ganesh festival with the intention to bring like-minded people together to share ideas and exchange thoughts on freeing India from the British regime. Tilak started celebrating the Ganesh festival from his own house at Kesari Wada. Others followed and started celebrating the Ganesh festival.

On this day, the offerings to the Lord, which till then was a private affair in every home, were brought out in the open and a common platform was created. Thus, came into being, the ‘Sarvajanik Ganpati’ in the year 1893. Kasba Ganpati, being the local deity of Pune, was conferred the privilege of immersing the idol of Lord Ganesh first in the river.

Ganpati Bappa Moraya.

This information is taken from the Kasba Ganpati Website. You can visit the website for more details: www.kasbaganpati.org

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