Lord Ganesha and His Historical Plight

There have been three major appropriations of Lord Ganesha in the history of Pune. The first was by the peshwas. The second was when Lokamanya Tilak started the Ganeshotsava in 1893. The sublime is followed by the ridiculous. The third, and the ridiculous, appropriation of Ganesha has been by Suresh Kalmadi, the politician.