First Darshan of Lalbaugcha Raja With Release of Picture Postcards and Special Cancellation!

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First Darshan of Lalbaugcha Raja With Release of Picture Postcards and Special Cancellation!

Ganapati (Lord Ganesh) Festival, the biggest 11-day social-cultural-religious festival of Maharashtra, begins this Wednesday, August 27, 2025 with thousands of Sarvajanik (public) and Gharguti (household) Ganesh idols being installed and worshipped across Mumbai and Maharashtra. Throughout the decades of this mass-based pulsating Ganesh Festival Lalbaugcha Raja Puja has been enjoying a special place among the millions of devotees, not only of the state but across India, with His First Darshan being a most sought-after event following which the endless queues mark all of the 11 days.

For Ganesh Festival-2025 the First Darshan of Lalbaugcha Raja for the digital and print media was organized on Sunday evening, the 24th of August 2025, by The Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal at Lalbaug, Mumbai.

On this occasion, Amitabh Singh, Chief Postmaster General of Maharashtra Postal Circle, released a set of four picture postcards on "Ganesh Utsav: Cultural Heritage of Maharashtra" along with a special cancellation.

These four Picture Postcards are specially designed for this event by Padma Shri awardee Achyut Palav who was present for the release function.

Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal Chairman Babasaheb Sudam Kambale; Secretary Shri Sudhir Sitaram Salavi; Dr. Sudhir Jakhere, APMG (BD) Maharashtra Circle; Yadagiri Nyalapelli, Asstt. Director (PSR) Maharashtra Circle and Philatelist Ashwini Manjure were among those present on the occasion.

Amitabh Singh conveyed his greetings to all the devotees of Lord Ganesh and the philatelists across Maharashtra and Goa.

Ganapati Bappa Morya!