Overview

• The 10-day festival runs from August 27 to September 6, with installations at homes, temples and public pandals across India.
• Salman Khan shared a video of his family’s aarti, featuring parents Salim and Salma Khan and relatives gathered at Arpita Khan Sharma’s Mumbai home.
• Jacqueline Fernandez visited Lalbaugcha Raja on day one and brought Lord Ganesha home for the first time, sharing her aarti video on social media.
• Media reports suggest singer Rahul Vaidya is slated to perform live at Lalbaugcha Raja, described as a first for the pandal by outlets citing unnamed sources.
• Family-focused celebrations featured first-time parent observances by couples such as Deepika Padukone–Ranveer Singh and Zaheer Khan–Sagarika Ghatge, while Ektaa Kapoor, Arjun Bijlani, Sharad Kelkar, Kamya Punjabi and Bhumi Pednekar shared home puja glimpses, with Bhumi also visiting GSB Seva Mandal and Shreya Ghoshal offering prayers at Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s home as Shilpa Shetty paused festivities following a bereavement.