63rd Bengaluru Ganesh Utsava from Aug 27 to Sep 6
Bengaluru (PTI): One of the city's most cherished cultural festivals, Bengaluru Ganesh Utsava (BGU), returns for its 63rd edition from August 27 to September 6.
Organised by Sri Vidyaranya Yuvaka Sangha, the festival blends devotion, music, food, and culture across APS College Grounds and National College Grounds at Basavanagudi.
The inauguration on August 27 will be marked by a grand Pushpa Alankara Seve and Ganapati Homam, followed by devotional concerts, according to a press release issued by the organisers.
The evening will feature M D Pallavi's Bhakti Sangeetha and a dance performance by Aayana Dance Company, setting the perfect spiritual and cultural tone for the 11-day celebration, the release added.
Over the following days, audiences can look forward to performances by Crazy Star Ravichandran, Vijay Prakash, Raghu Dixit, Vijay Yesudas, Praveen Godkhindi, and devotional renditions by Lakshmi & Indu Nagaraj, Soorya Gayathri, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, among others.
Evening Arathi every day will be led by Beat Gurus, an ensemble with 200 drummers, from 5 pm onwards.
Special highlights also include the women's mass 'Ganesha Pancharatna' recital on August 31 and the thematic dance productions.
Staying true to its eco-conscious tradition, BGU continues as a plastic-free festival, with recyclable mantapas and eco-friendly idols.
The festivities will conclude with the grand Ganapati Visarjane procession on September 6.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
