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ADDITI GUPTA What's the one story about Ganesh Chaturthi that comes to your mind? I don't remember any story on Ganesh Chaturthi but I remember my personal story on this festival. Right from childhood I have been fond of two festivals Ganpati and Navratri. I remember when I was school in Dhamtari near Raipur, our neighbors were a Gujrati family and they used to keep Ganpati at home. As a kid, I used to visit their house and other houses too. We had a huge Ganpati in our colony too. All kids used to dance on lezims and attend aartis which used to be great fun. Which has been your best memory of the festival? The childhood that I mentioned and last year when I went to my friends house for Ganpati -Angad Hasija and Giriraj Kabra. I really love Ganesha's aarti. Best pandal you ever visited on Ganpati? It was the one in our colony in Dhamtari as the Ganpati used to be huge and we used to feel very religious in that pandal. What is your most favourite part of celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi? The whole atmosphere gets so emotional when we get our Ganeshji home, kids dancing on dhol tasha, preparing various kinds of sweets. In the spirit of going green, do you think the festival should be celebrated in an environment friendly manner? What suggestions would you give people in this respect? I just want to tell my fans please don't pollute our environment by just dumping all the used garlands around the sea shore. Don't use Ganpati which are made of plaster of paris. What are your plans for the festival this year? On the holy day of this festival, I am going to shift to my new house to Malad and after shifting, I will go out to my friend's house for Ganpati darshan. I am looking forward to having lots of motichoor ke laddu. QUICK 5 Which your favourite Ganpati song from Bollywood? I don't think any Bollywood song would give competition to this song which I really like Ek Do Teen Chaar Ganpati cha jay jay kaar... I also like Salman Khan's song from Wanted 'Yahaan pe hoga Wahan bhi, teri hi Jalwa. What dish or sweet do you make as prasad for Ganpati? Motichoor laddu Who are Ganapati's parents? Shiv-Parvati What are the names of Ganpati's wives? No idea What are the other names of Ganpati? Ganesha, Shivputra. |