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Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: How a Muslim wrestler brought community celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi to Vadodara

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Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: How a Muslim wrestler brought community celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi to Vadodara

| Sep 01, 2022, 07:28:39 PM | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

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One of the earliest public celebrations of Ganeshotsav was initiated by a 107-year-old Muslim wrestler some 120 years ago. Jumma Dada, a famed wrestler in the erstwhile princely state of Baroda, started Sarvajanik Ganesh Mahotsav at his akhada in 1901 to instil a sense of patriotism and brotherhood in the youth. "Jumma Dada organised the public Ganesha festival to bring youngsters together and instil in them a sense of patriotism," Rajendra Harpale, managing trustee of Prof Manekrao's Jumma Dada Vyayam Mandir, told TOI. City-based historian Chandrashekhar Patil said, "Jumma Dada was the first to organise a public Ganesha festival on a large scale to usher in communal harmony and unity among people. Before his initiative, some temples used to organise community Ganesha festivals. His disciple, Prof Manekrao, continued the tradition and it lives on."

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