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So the entire festival of Ganesh Chaturdi, of course, it was popular earlier, during Chaturpadi Saivhaji Maharad's time, it fizzled out.

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The Britishers had banned the gathering of people, and Balgangeshar Telak realized that people could come together without them having an objection, because it's a festival.

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So this entire festival got a second lease of life, I would say, due to Balgangeshar Telak, and that is why it is so big in Mumbai.