Mumbai, Aug. 31 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J P Nadda on Sunday visited several prominent Ganesh pandals in Mumbai, including the famed Lalbaugcha Raja and Chandra Lok Ganesh Mandal, and offered prayers for the nation's prosperity and development.
Nadda described Lord Ganesha as the deity of wisdom and knowledge who removes obstacles, adding that he prayed for blessings to help India move towards becoming a self-reliant and developed nation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Recalling the origins of Ganesh Utsav as a public festival initiated by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1893, Nadda noted that the tradition, now 133 years old, continues to hold cultural and historical significance in Indian ...