Marathi film celebrities who welcomed Lord Ganesha in their homes

Ganesh Chaturthi, a Hindu festival celebrated to honour the elephant-headed God Ganesha, is considered auspicious throughout India. Each and every day of this festival has its own meaning and is dutifully celebrated with pomp and show. M-town celebs like Amruta Khanvilkar, Nana Patekar, Raqesh Bapat, Swwapnil Joshi, Sharad Kelkar, Sonali Kulkarni, celebrate the Ganesh festival with full tradition. Here are some throwback pictures of Marathi celebs celebrating the Ganesh festival.

Amruta Khanvilkar, who leaves us spellbound with her beauty, believes that the real peace and beauty of life lies in spirituality. Since childhood, the actress is very attached to the Lord Ganesha and at many points, revealed her spiritual side through her social media posts during festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and other occasions. The actress who is an avid social media user, had shared her picture, where she can be seen posing for a picture with her mother during Ganesha festival. She apparently believes that faith in the almighty and trust in him will be more than enough to bring out the best in you. Being a Maharashtrian, she strictly adheres to the pujas and the rituals, besides the bhogs and the aartis, despite her hectic schedule.

Swwapnil Joshi is one of the popular actors of the Marathi industry, who is remembered as Ramanand Sagar’s young ‘Krishna’ brings home Ganpati idol made of ‘Panchdhatu’. Every year the nature lover Swwapnil do the symbolic immersion of his panchdhatu Ganpati at his residence. And also shares the picture of his lord Ganesh with friends and fans. In the picture, the actor is carrying the lord and his mother is doing the aarti while welcoming the deity at their place. The actor also spreads awareness through his social media for celebrating the festival with full of joy but also take care to not affect the environment adversely.

Raqesh Bapat is one of the most popular actors in M-town. The actor has won a million hearts over with his commendable performance in 'Tum Bin', 'Vrundavan', 'Rajan' and 'Sarva Mangal Savdhan'. Not many are aware that the actor is an outstanding sculpture and painter too. The actor is known for celebrating the eco-friendly Ganesh festival every year. And this year took, actor, has shared his talent with his fans. The actor took to his Instagram handle to share the post. In the picture, he can be seen painting the idol of Lord Ganesh. And since last 12 years, the actor makes his own Ganesh idol using organic material and natural colours. After the festival, he immerses it into a tub at his building’s terrace and after the idols get dissolve, he then pours the water into the garden.

The veteran actor Nana Patekar has been celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi for the last 40 years. In the recent picture, the veteran actor can be seen posing for a click with Lord Ganesh at his residence, dressed in white dhoti kurta. To ensure that he never misses the occasion, the actor even makes it a point to take a fortnight’s break from work every year. He is also known for his beliefs, celebrating the festival without loud filmi music and wild dance. Some of the best-known celebrities from the world of politics and films visit his house, which, during these 10 festive days, is open to everyone.

Sharad Kelkar is one of the popular actors in Bollywood and Marathi Industry. Actor and his wife, Keerti Kelkar celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi every year by welcoming Lord Ganesh to their house. Every year during the festival, the couple attend Ganesh puja and aarti with their close friends and family at Lalbaugh, and share the picture on their social media handles. Last year, the actor shared a selfie with Lord Ganesh. In one his posts, the actor said, "Celebrations will come to an end with the immersion of the huge idols in water bodies symbolizing the seeing-off of the lord's journey towards his abode, taking all the misfortunes of mankind along with him".

Sonali Kulkarni has been celebrating Ganpati festival since her childhood in Pune. She also has a unique way of decorating it. Two years ago, her theme was ‘Green Ganesh’ and she placed saplings around the idol. Like every year, she shared the picture of herself, where she can be seen praying to Lord Ganesh. Last time, she created a house of knowledge. According to scripture, Ganpati is the Lord of knowledge, so the actress decorated it with books, and every year, she comes up with a unique decoration theme just to please Lord Ganesha.