The biggest Indian festival ever.Ganpati bappa finally bids adieu to all his devotees.It was a surreal experience,awesome and crazy fun.
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The most popular Ganpati in the entire world probably.It may not be the biggest,largest or the tzllest but Lalbagcha Raja is one of the most mysterious Ganpati idols ever because it is said to fulfill prayers and wishes.The energy one can feel in its presence is overwhelming and millions of people come to see the idol at Lalbaug near Parel.
The Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh idol has been organized by the kambli family for over eight decades now. The Kambli family have their workshop in a little lane off the main road in Lalbaug, not very far from where the pandal is located.

The father of Ratnakar Kambli, who is the current head of the kambli family, was a sculptor of idols and would have roaming exhibitions at festivals across Maharashtra. He began organizing the idol for Lalbaugcha Raja in 1935, when some of his friends recommended his name to the organisers of Lalbaugcha Raja. After his demise in 1952, his eldest son Venkatesh took over, and after his death, Ratnakar kambli, the current head of the family, started designing the idol.
Since the last few years, a few days prior to the Ganesh Chaturthi, a Mukh Darshan Ceremony (Lalbaugcha Raja's first look and photoshoot) is organized by the Lalbaug Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandal.This unveiling of Lalbaugcha Raja is covered every year by all national and regional channels.[5]

There are two queues for taking blessings of the Lalbaugcha Raja - Navsachi Line and Mukh Darshanachi Line.

The Navsachi line is for people who want to get their wishes fulfilled. In this line you get to go on the stage and touch the feet of Lalbaugcha Raja and take his blessings so that all your wishes get fulfilled. However this line attracts huge public and it takes around 25 – 30 and sometimes up to 40 hours to get darshan in this line. There are 300-400 employees every year to organize the event.

The second line is meant for Mukh darshan i.e., to get a glimpse of Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesha Idol from some distance without going onto the stage. This line also attracts huge public and it takes around 5 – 8 hours and sometimes up to 12 – 14 hours to get darshan in this line as well, especially on Weekends.Other popular idols are from Ganeshgalli and Khetwadi.

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