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Lalbaug, Mumbai, Maharashtra · 18.9906°, 72.8367°
Mumbai's best-known public Ganesha installation, established on 12 September 1934 by the Koli fishing community and local traders of Lalbaug. Its ten-day Ganesh Chaturthi display draws well over a million visitors a day, and the idol has been sculpted by the Kambli family for more than eight decades.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Fishermen and market vendors whose Peru Chawl market closed in 1932 vowed a permanent Ganesha if they were granted a new marketplace, and installed the idol in thanksgiving when they got one.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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