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GSB Seva Mandal GSB Lord Ganesha Darshan 2011

A Nikon D80 — 1/60s ƒ/3.5 ISO 500 at 18 mm

N 0 B 2.7K C 0 E Aug 31, 2011 F Sep 1, 2011

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This evening I was invited by Mr Dinesh Pai and Dr Bhujang Pai to GSB Seva Mandal GSB Lord Ganesha , so barefeet dressed in my tiger stripes I reached the Mandal, most of the volunteers know me , so access was easy as cameras are not allowed in the Pandal premises without permission..

I met Dr Pai and his handsome good looking dashing father in law Mr KD Shenoy, Shenoy Saab has been gifted by God with a perpetual smile it never leaves his face.

I met Mr Dinesh Pai he was totally busy with the arrangements and the media.

The puja preparations were going on and here I must mention the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community is the most cultured courteous polite and holistically hospitable , they are all workers of the Lord GSB and mind you all stripped to the waist in their lungis , and these are very rich affluent folks but here in the Pandal, they are all equal and no rich no poor..

They are all helping with the security, food cooking , and this is what touches me , they have all surrendered their time and it is all in favor of Lord GSB Ganesha.

I shot extensively and I find strangely Lord GSB Ganesha blesses me too gives me wings of poetry of fancy to capture his Mahima his Asmita.. and honestly I cant stop shooting him ,his loved ones that pamper him endlessly, I could not find Prithvi Bhatt the young volunteer I shot last year serving the Lord.

And so this is my pictorial tribute in humility in gratitude to the erstwhile GSB Gaud community of Mumbai and the Gujratis that have have made GSB Lord Ganesha their Lord too..

I met Mr Kamath who has decorated the beautiful stage and the artwork for the Mandal exquisite and eye catching..Mr Kamath is a very dear friend ..I missed Mr Dilip Pai...

I met Sandip Shenoy Sunil his brother had just arrived from Dubai..I coud not meet him..

GSB Seva Mandal GSB Lord Ganesha 2011 is my new series at Flickr.com..