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A SHORT HISTORY OF BOMBAY (1534 - 2008) - FROM BOM BAHIA TO BOMB BAY
1801
Issue Dated: December 14, 2008
Tags : Bom bahia | Portugese | coastal fishing village | Vasco da Gama | Calicut | Haji Ali Dargah | Vapi | Daman and Diu | French | western ghats | Infanta Catherine de Braganzain | Lord Clive | Sirajudullah | New Yorks of East | Hirji Vachha Agary | Tower of Silence | safe haven | Raj Thackeray | mute witnesses | cornucopia of diverse cultures | religions | ethnic identities | Nadir Shah | Peacock Throne | Kohinoor | forefathers of Nusli Wadia | Wadia Docks | Duncan Docks Dhirubhai Ambani | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Ganesh Puja | deity Ganesha | nationalist sentiments | media revolution | mercantile | Bombay Times | Journal of Commerce | The Times of India | The Free Press Journal | Blitz | Old Lady of Bori Bunder | Sikh fighters | Firozepur | penultimate battle | Sir Robert Grant | governor | Presidency | Jolly good Brit | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy | Grant Medical College | Allopath | Lord Dalhousie | Satara | Jhansi | 21-gun salute | locomotives | Sindh | Sultan | Sahib | Cowasji Nanabhai Davar | The Bombay Spinning Mill | Dutta Samant | farmer suicides |
Tags : Bom bahia | Portugese | coastal fishing village | Vasco da Gama | Calicut | Haji Ali Dargah | Vapi | Daman and Diu | French | western ghats | Infanta Catherine de Braganzain | Lord Clive | Sirajudullah | New Yorks of East | Hirji Vachha Agary | Tower of Silence | safe haven | Raj Thackeray | mute witnesses | cornucopia of diverse cultures | religions | ethnic identities | Nadir Shah | Peacock Throne | Kohinoor | forefathers of Nusli Wadia | Wadia Docks | Duncan Docks Dhirubhai Ambani | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Ganesh Puja | deity Ganesha | nationalist sentiments | media revolution | mercantile | Bombay Times | Journal of Commerce | The Times of India | The Free Press Journal | Blitz | Old Lady of Bori Bunder | Sikh fighters | Firozepur | penultimate battle | Sir Robert Grant | governor | Presidency | Jolly good Brit | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy | Grant Medical College | Allopath | Lord Dalhousie | Satara | Jhansi | 21-gun salute | locomotives | Sindh | Sultan | Sahib | Cowasji Nanabhai Davar | The Bombay Spinning Mill | Dutta Samant | farmer suicides |
We all think that it was Bal Gangadhar Tilak who pioneered Ganesh Puja celebrations in early 20th century. Actually, by 1801, migrants from the hinterland had joined the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic Bombay and consecrated the now famous Siddhi Vinayak Temple. So, in a sense, the dormant devotion towards the deity Ganesha was revived by Tilak to mobilise nationalist sentiments. Incidentally, the Mumba Devi Temple was consecrated in 1675. For Hindus in Bombay, the temple remains the place to go in search of blessings and solace.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
