VASCO
Shantadurga Kala and Krida Sangh have created the largest Sarvajanik Ganesh idol of 12.5 feet made of around 20 kg mirror glass pieces in Vasco.
Fondly known as Sambhajinagarcha Raja, this is also the only Sarvajanik Ganesh idol that is worshipped for 21 days.
Speaking to the media, Santosh Naik said that the group has been following Sarvajanik Ganesh for over 12 years.
"We have a different theme every year that attracts a large number of people to our pandal. We also have a large number of cultural, religious, musical and other programmes for people of all categories from women to senior citizens and children. We also have lottery prizes every year which helps us with the donation for the programme. We note the mobile numbers of every person who buys the lottery so that the winner gets intimated of the prize in case they miss out to read the newspaper. We have devotees coming from various places because many believe that prayers offered here are answered, and have been donating gold items and even huge amounts of money every year. We could not have a grand celebration last year due to the pandemic," said Narvekar.
Ayushi Narvekar said that this year, she along with other children had made the Ganesh idol.
"This year we made the idol of mirror glass pieces using around 20 to 25 kg of glass pieces. It took us around one month to complete the Ganesh idol and have got a great response this year after a gap due to the pandemic. The celebration here is unique and we have also named our Ganesh as Sambhajinagarcha Raja that answers the prayers of all his devotees," said Narvekar.
Kanaka Narvekar appealed to all the devotees to visit the pandal to seek divine blessings and also participate in the Visarjan rituals.
"We get a lot of responses from people from across Goa and have a huge rush even during our Aarti pooja. We call on the people to participate in the Visarjan rituals as we will have a Dindi procession across Vasco and have planned a grand visarjan ceremony of the idol this year. We also appeal to people from across Goa to visit our pandal next year and offer their prayers here and seek the blessings of our Shambajinagarcha Raja," said Narvekar.
