Vakratunda Mahakaaya Kotisurya Samaprabha. Nirvighnam Kurumedeva Sarvakaryeshu Sarvada.

Dear friends, Radio Idli and its volunteers take the pleasure of sharing with you snippets of Ganapati celebrations in the GSB Mandals and households of Mumbai. Over the next five days, i will be adding links of video clips taken by us.

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NOTE: over the next few days of the festival we will be updating this space with
more photos and videos. Do feel free to contribute your clicks too!!

Apart from the videos below, we also have a great collection of photographs on
Photo Idli (Click here for the photograph slide shows page). Continue scrolling down for the videos.
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GSB Seva Mandal, Matunga, Mumbai

Videos by nagesh and Pravin “da” Kamath

1) The Arti

2)MooduGanapati Seva

3)The santharpana.. the feast that we await

The leaves being laid for the feast

The food being served

Devotees proceeding to wash their hands after the feast

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GSB Wadala Ganapati - Dwarakanath Bhavan Hall
Our dearest Pravin “Da” Kamath, brings to us some amazing moments of the Wadala Ganapati. The videos show the dexterity of the volunteers in managing ranga pooja and playing the percussions to the Ganesh Arati.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEOS
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FOR STILL PHOTOGRAPH SLIDESHOWS PLEASE Check PHOTO IDLI HERE
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Snippets of Home celebrations

1) Arati of Ancestral Ganpati of Abhijit Pai

Abhijit has just posted his current year celebrations video.. Do not miss these video clips of 114th celebration of Marurkar Pai’s celebrations

2)Please find in the link below, video snippets of the Ganesh celebrations at my home. The Ganapati at my home was in its 93rd year, and is a part of the Kulyadikar Pai tradition. About 150+ people from around the world saw the event live on webcam. The recordings with limited quality, are from the same.

Click here for the video snippets

Watch this space as we try and get you sights of more places, like the most Awaited GSB seva mandal.

Ganapati Bappa Moriya!

Hello friends,

On the auspicious occassion of Ganesh Chaturthi, i take the pleasure of launching the new look of Radio Idli. The new logo began with efforts from Nithin Rao, our in house graphic expert. The background of the leaf and the other iterations came along with our team’s collectively discussion.

Do leave your comments for the same and —->

Please check the live webcast of my home Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations today right here:

Http://nagpai.wordpress.com/

While our Ganapati Bappa is marching closer to us, dancing in his graceful Tandava steps, his blessings are seeing our talented singers like Archana scaling new heights.

As mentioned in the previous posts, she is now on the finals of “Voice of Mumbai” (today’s article and link above)

Here is a small message on behalf of Radio Idli to all our listeners and participants!!

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Archana Kamath

After reading so much about her and wishing her all the very best, its time to hear what she has exclusively recorded for us. I am sure our wishes will get twice stronger upon hearing her this week’s song! After Gokulashtami, She sings a beautiful song to Shyama

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Reshma Pai

Reshma has been playing an active role in encouraging us and at the same time participating with lovely voices of her son and herself. Here is a song she sings to her “rangeela” about some “Jaadu”.

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Ashwin Kamath

presents to us today a Krishna bhajan in Kannada composed by the great Purandaradasa. Its one of the first Kannada bhajans i learnt and is very close to my heart!!!

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More this week:

The laughter riot of Lokabhiraam in the post above.

and

On Photoidli

More snaps of Ganapati fest.

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Being a part of Saraswat community, would you like your talent to be showcased on Radio idli??

Feel free to mail us your MP3 recordings, or link to your videos on Youtube or googlevideos at radioidli@gmail.com

In case you need help in doing that do mail us too!!

** The “Idli” blogs and websites are meant to be a talent stage for members of the Saraswat community. It is a humble attempt to bring the community together. Talent seekers and audience of all communities invited to appreciate the display of art!

Stay tuned .. stay beautiful!
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