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Raveena Tandon Visits India’s First Public Ganpati Mandal on Anant Chaturdashi

She highlighted the 1892 site's restoration into a museum by Punit Balan and said her prayers were for the safety of all living beings.

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Raveena Tandon Visits Historic Shrimant Bhausahab Rangari Pandal; Performs Aarti, Bhajan Before Ganpati Visarjan
Raveena Tandon shared a post on Instagram.

Overview

  • Sharing a video on Instagram, Tandon performed aarti, sang bhajans, played the manjira and applied tika during her darshan at Pune’s Shrimant Bhausaheb Rangari Ganpati.
  • She showed the house-turned-museum that explains the origins of Ganpati visarjan rituals and urged that children learn about such cultural sites.
  • The Shrimant Bhausaheb Rangari mandal, established in 1892, is widely regarded as India’s first public Ganesh pandal, contemporaneous with early Mumbai celebrations.
  • Thanking Punit Balan for the restoration and invitation, she noted the site’s links to meetings of freedom fighters in its early history.
  • Speaking to media, she said she prayed for the safety of all living beings, and separately confirmed that Aranyak season 2 is not happening as she returns to Tamil cinema with Lawyer.