The festival commenced with devotees installing colourfully-crafted idols of their most beloved and venerated deity, Ganesha, in their homes and beautifully decorated pandals across the city.
The mood was full of gaiety and devotion, with chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya' reverberating across- as devotees took part in 'aarti' at several temples, including the famous Siddhivinayak Temple at Prabhadevi in South Mumbai.
This year, even megastar Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voice for a 'aarti' at Siddhivinayak Temple. The 73-year-old actor has recorded the aarti in his voice and tweeted that it is a "blessing" for him to be given this "divine honour".
Other prominent Ganesh mandals like GSB Seva Mandal in Kings circle, has a 14-feet long idol made of clay while Wadala GSB Mandal has designed its pandal like the famous Tirupati Balaji Temple. These pandals witnessed a sea of people waiting to get darshan of the elephant-headed God.
Bollywood personalities like Salman Khan, Jeetendra, Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, Hritik Roshan, Shilpa Shetty, Suresh Wadekar, Govinda and a host of Marathi film and theatre actors are prominent among the celebrities who celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi at their homes.