Grand Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Lucknow

A huge number of devotees had gathered at Kumkum and

Ashok Roy Choudhury

’s residence in New Hyderabad to celebrate

Ganesh Mahotsava

. A gigantic idol of lord Ganesh was installed in a special room which was beautifully decorated with flowers and idols of Ganesh in all forms and sizes.

(L) Ashok Roy Choudhury (R) Bela Chanda and Ritu Mathur (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
Kumkum said, “I’m in love with lord Ganesh and it makes me very happy to celebrate this festival of Ganesh

Chaturthi

every year. It’s like a tradition, I’ve been hosting Ganesh Mahotsava in my house for the last 13 years. It’s a very special festival for me.”

(L) Kumkum Roy Choudhury (R) Kanika and Bhawna (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
The celebration began with everyone performing aarti. Kumkum’s daughters, Priyanka and Sivanka along with their husbands, Abhijit Sarkar and

Karan Chanda

, respectively were seen lending a helping hand to their parents and making sure the arrangements are on point.

(L-R) Komal Agarwal, Sarika Mehra and Shivani Bhasin (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
The highlight of the afternoon was Priyanka and Abhijit’s elder daughter Teana’s bhajans who was later joined by her father Abhijit, who also sang a few bhajans while nana Ashok Roy Choudhury rang the bell.
— Yashi Agarwal

(L) Maj Gen Pravesh Puri and Heminder (R) Priyanka and Abhijit Sarkar (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

(L) Sivanka and Karan Chanda (R) Uma Mishra (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

(L) Ali Hamid Zaidi and Saman (R) Arvind Singh Gope (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

(L) RP Singh (R) Sangeeta Das and AK Raj Gupta (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

(L) Samrat Neogi (R) Sharmila and Sujit Bose (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)