‘Gana’ literally means people, hence Ganpati, the Lord of people.

The Pot-bellied God is one of the most celebrated Gods throughout the Hindu Pantheon, because of his moralistic tales, his encouragement for new beginnings and general mischief, it’s easy to see why! Ganpati is best known as the Hindu God of beginnings. He is worshipped before any major enterprise as the destroyer of evils and obstacles.

Did you know that Ganpati is also worshipped in Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka as well?

So, here we have tried to decode the history and meaning of Ganapati!

CREATED BY

Bhargav Joshi

DIRECTED BY

Ninad Kale

WRITTEN BY

Aham A

RESEARCH AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Aham A

PRESENTED BY

Aham A

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Parth Ketkar

Ninad Kale

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Bhargav Joshi

Parth Ketkar

Ninad Kale

CREATIVE PRODUCER

Atharva Pathak

FIRST ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Hrishikesh Borkar

SECOND ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Janhavi Pethkar

CHIEF EDITORS

Parth Ketkar

Hrishikesh Borkar

IMAGE COMPILATION:

Bhargav Joshi

SOUND PROGRAMMING:

Radhika Saraf

THEME DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION:

Siddharth Gupta

THEME MUSIC COMPOSITION & ARRANGEMENT :

Shubhankar Bhagwat

SAROD

Mihir Parkhi

RECORDING, MIXING & MASTERING:

Younison Music Lab

BACKGROUND MUSIC:

Shivani Joshi

SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGNER:

Aloka Kale

Gouri Chilap

Neha Gore

CONTENT CREATION TEAM:

Simran Sutavane

Rishabh Natu

Rudrakshi Itankar

Ashwini Mulay

Neeraj Dapurkar

Surbhi Landge

PUBLICITY TEAM:

Aloka Kale

Maitreyee Agashe

Aham A

Bhargav Joshi

SCHEDULING TEAM:

Atharva Pathak

Maitreyee Agashe

Rishabh Natu

PROJECT MANAGER:

Ninad Kale

MANAGEMENT TEAM:

Maitreyee Agashe

Gouri Chilap

Raghav Joshi

SUBTITLES

Vedika Mehendale

AKHANDA

BHARAT

ILLUSTRATION:

Prachi Choudhary

LOGO DESIGN

Saniya Kulkarni

SPECIAL THANKS:

Yogesh Natu

Prasanna Ketkar

Mangesh Joshi

Swati Mehendale