2 September marks the beginning of the 11-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival that takes over the city of Mumbai every year. Bollywood too is spending the day bringing home Ganpati Bappa. Sonali Bendre, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Kapoor and many more have taken to social media to share their festive spirit with their fans. Take a look!
Bollywood actor and cancer survivor Sonali Bendre was unable to celebrate the festival in 2018. However, this year, she’s back home and loving every minute of it.
She wrote, “I'm so glad to be back this year, healthier and stronger, celebrating with my family. I truly believe if there’s faith, it reflects more on the inside...in the dialogue between you and your God... so don't lose that essence. Once again, we’ve taken the route of bringing an eco-friendly Ganesha & we’ll also immerse the Lord in our home.”
Dia Mirza penned a long note on the importance of going eco-friendly for Ganesh Chaturthi. She elaborated on the changing nature of the festival and the dire need to introspect while celebrating.
She wrote, “The consequences are dangerous, a complete contamination of our waters, soil and food chain. Surely Ganpati Bappa would never want to be responsible for harming that what he was born from?”
Actor Vivek Oberoi wrote, “My favourite time of the year! Welcoming Ganpati Bappa home! May Bappa shower his blessings on each one of us. Wish you all a very happy & eco friendly #GaneshChaturthi! Let’s all do our bit for protecting our environment. Go green and say no to plastic! Ganpati Bappa Morya”
Arjun Kapoor posted a short video clip of himself. In the video, he talks about the importance of Ganpati to his family and how they keep the tradition alive.
Watch it here:
Tamannaah Bhatia took this opportunity to urge people to support a movement of planting one lakh trees by donating to tamannaah.cauverycalling.org.
Some more wishes from B-town.
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