Mumbai: Devotees have flocked to Ganeshotsav, which started this year after Corona. In four days, it was found that the devotees who came to visit Lord Ganpati, including Lalbagcha Raja, who was seated in Mumbai, had overflowed the donation box with 20 tolas of gold, 1700 tolas of silver and 1.50 crore rupees in cash. Since this much donation was received in the first four days, this year Lalbagcha Raja Ganeshotsav Mandal is likely to receive a cash donation of six crore rupees like in 2019. Today Union Home Minister Amit Shah is going to visit Lalbagcha Raja, so a tight police presence has been arranged in this area. Due to VIP movement, it may take a little more time for devotees to have darshan of Bappa.
In 2019, devotees placed 4 kg of gold, 80 kg of silver and 6 crore rupees in cash at Bappa's feet. In the first four days of this year, two kilos i.e. 200 tolas of gold, 17 kilos i.e. 170 tolas of silver and 1.50 crores of cash have been received from the donation box. This year, a large number of devotees are leaving home to have darshan of Bappa during Ganeshotsav, which began on August 31. is Due to Corona, people could not celebrate for two years, so all the big public Ganeshotsav mandals including Lalbagcha Raja are witnessing an unprecedented crowd of devotees.
Lalbagcha Raja's donation boxes are opened every night from day one. When the donation box was opened on the fourth day on Saturday night, four days were counted. At that time, it was found that the devotees had donated 200 tolas of gold, 170 tolas of silver and 1.50 crore rupees in cash.
The rain made the devotees tired
Lalbagcha Raja's darshan was usually spared by most people. Devotees on Saturday night welcomed the rain, entered the mandap and as the water fell on their bodies while they were in line, their fatigue was relieved. Some early morning suddenly vigorous devotees had brought umbrellas as it started raining. So they in the rain.
29-Sep-2024