Ganesh Chaturthi 2023: From Chandrayaan-3 themed pandals to temple decorated with coins, notes worth Rs 2.5 crore and more; check out unique Ganesh pandals in Indian cities

Produced by: Akshat Trivedi
Designed by: Manoj Kumar

When ISRO successfully soft-landed Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of the Moon, India became the first nation to achieve this feat

Chandrayaan-3: India’s
historic Moon mission

With the success of 'Chandrayaan-3', many pandals all over the country created replicas of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi

Chandrayaan 3-theme
based Ganesh pandals

A 120-foot installation at a Ganesh pandal in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, bears a close resemblance to the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. Thirty artisans from Kolkata were roped in to recreate the LVM3-M4 rocket

Chandrayaan 3-themed pandals

A model of the LVM3-M4 rocket has been placed atop a Ganesh pandal in BB Block puja in  Kolkata’s Salt Lake organised by Sree Sree Ganesh Chaturthi Mahotsav

Chandrayaan-3: Ganesh Chaturthi in Kolkata

A 30-feet tall idol of Lord Ganesha was unveiled by by Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria at a pandal, based on Chandrayaan-3, in Guwahati, Assam

Ganesh Chaturthi in
Guwahati

A Ganesh pandal in Keelkattalai, a neighbourhood in Chennai, also had Chandrayaan-3 as its theme

Chandrayaan-3 Ganesh pandal in Chennai

The Shri Sathya Ganapathy Temple in Bengaluru's JP Nagar is known for giving a unique touch to their premises during Ganesh Chaturthi. This time, they included hundreds of coins and currency notes of 10, 20, 50, to 100, 200 and 500 to decorate the temple

Temple decorated with coins,
notes worth Rs 2.5 crore

At one of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Hyderabad, a 63-feet eco-friendly clay Ganesha idol was the main installation

63-feet eco-friendly Ganesh idol in Hyderabad

A unique Ganesh idol was made by using at least 5,000 biscuit packets in Chennai

Ganesh idol made of
biscuit packets