Reflections

Ayodhya Kaa Raajaa, Indore Mumbai is known as the land of Ganesh Festival - rightly so. There is no town in India that can match the fervor and the sheer scale and joy of The Ganeshji Season in Mumbai; pages and volumes have been written about the Mumbai festival, and its gaiety; its images are now part of our folklore almost, an integral part of India, such is the joy and the magnificence of the festivities at Mumbai.  But India exists outside Mumbai; and I recently {yesterday as a matter of fact} noticed a Ganeshji Pandal in Indore that literally took my breath away, despite having been in Mumbai since 2012 June. I could recall nothing of this sort anywhere in India {this is not to state that something like this does not happen elsewhere : India is way too large for that to happen}.  It occurred to me that this is something that India should know; and I hope more people like me from other parts of India also highlight the beauty and unique aspects of our cultur...