35,000 women chant 'Atharvashirsha' at Pune's Dagdusheth Ganapati pandal
35,000 women chant 'Atharvashirsha' at Pune's Dagdusheth Ganapati pandal
PUNE: Nearly 35,000 women chanted 'Atharvashirsha', a Sanskrit text dedicated to Lord Ganesh, at the famous Shrimant Dagdusheth Ganapati pandal in Maharashtra's Pune city on Sunday morning during the ongoing 10-day Ganesh festival.
Dressed in traditional attire, the women gathered at the pandal early morning and recited the hymn, the event organisers said.
Lord Ganesh is worshipped as the deity of knowledge, wisdom and good fortune.
