Ganesh Galli

 

Ganesh Galli

 

Ganesh Galli

 

Ganesh Galli

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Ganesh Galli

Ganesh Galli

Surya Temple Replica at Gensh Galli.

Ganesh Galli

Creator and Destroyer

Ganesh Galli

Geo Tag: Ganesha Galli.

Ganesha and the celebration this month is a glue that keeps this neighbourhood together. And they are proud of it.

Ganesh Galli

"Jatayu"

Sri Maurya in his neighbourhood flour mill.

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Ganesh Galli, Lalbag

The largest bull to ever block a Mumbai Galli!

The Mysore theme pandal in Ganesh Galli also features a replica of the 3rd largest Nandi statue on Chamundi Hills, Mysore and the Chamundeshwari Temple. It's a scaled down version and by itself, could easily rate in the top 10 largest Nandi statues.

The largest Nandi is the one in Lepakshi(Close to Hindupur, Andra Pradesh). The one in Mysore is the 3rd largest. The Ganesh Galli one seems to be a little smaller than the one 4th largest in Bull Temple, Bangalore. And about the same as the one in Rameshwaram (5th largest, in South TN). And I just realised that of the 8 biggest Nandis, I haven't seen only one - the second largest in Thanjavur, TN.

1. Lepakshi, AP
2. Brahadishwara, Thanjavur, TN

3. Chamundi Hills, Mysore, KA

4. Bull Temple, B'lore, KA

5, Rameshwaram, TN

6. Hoysaleshwara, Halebid, KA
7. Shantaleshwara, Halebid, KA

8. Vadaku-nathan, Trichur, KL

(Source: Wikipedia)

Ganesh Galli, Lalbag (entrance)

Nandi. Welcoming people to the Ganesh Galli Pandal.

Ganesh Galli, Lalbag

Mysore (ಮೈಸೂರು - Maisūru) Chamundeshwari Temple is this year's theme at Ganesh Galli Ganapati Pandal, Lalbag.

That's demon Mahishasura's statue that's being prepared to greet Ganesh bhakts who will come to view Lalbagcha raja. An exact replica of the same statue that welcomes people at the roundabout just before you enter the temple complex on Chamundi hills.

And why am I excited? Because it's from my home state and Mysore is my favourite city, even though I have never lived there.

And yes, Ganesh Chaturti is as big a festival in Karnataka as it is in Maharastra and shares the same history. One of the earliest known inscription of Marathi is found in Sravanabelagola, not too far from Mysore in Southern Karnataka and the languages spoken in Karnataka share many similarities with Marathi.