{
  "id": 6905568,
  "title": "Bhiwandi To Host 120-Ft Eco-Friendly Replica Of Varanasi’s Swarved Mahamandir Dham",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/bhiwandi-to-host-120-ft-eco-friendly-replica-of-varanasis-swarved",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T09:39:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bhiwandi-to-host-120-ft-eco-friendly-replica-of-varanasis-swarved-mahamandir-dham"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhiwandi will host a 120-foot-tall eco-friendly replica of Varanasi's Swarved Mahamandir Dham as the centerpiece of the 38th annual Ganeshotsav. The festival, organized by Dhamankar Naka Mitra Mandal in collaboration with Swabhiman Seva Sanstha, aims to promote national integration, social welfare, and cultural preservation. The 120-foot-high structure will be built using sustainable materials like wood, bamboo, rope, and cloth, making it an environmentally-friendly attraction for devotees and visitors. Alongside the impressive replica, the event will feature various religious, spiritual, social, and cultural activities, including a blood donation camp, eye check-up and cataract surgery camp, tuberculosis screening, antique weapon and coin exhibition, traditional sports competitions, and Ganesh idol-making contests for school students. Additionally, essay-writing and elocution contests, as well as awareness programs against superstition and substance abuse, will be held. The mandal will also distribute free sewing machines to women and set up a selfie point inspired by the 'Nasha Mukt Maharashtra' theme. Security will be enhanced with 50 guards and 50 CCTV cameras deployed at the festival site, and the immersion procession will be DJ-free, accompanied by traditional musical instruments instead.",
  "summary": "Bhiwandi: An approximately 120-foot-high eco-friendly replica of the Swarved Mahamandir Dham in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh will be the main attraction of the 38th annual public Ganeshotsav organised by the Dhamankar Naka Mitra Mandal in Bhiwandi this year. The announcement was made by Santosh Shetty president of Dhamankar Naka Mitra Mandal at a press conference organised to provide details of the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Bhiwandi hosts 120-ft eco-friendly replica of Varanasi's Swarved Mahamandir Dham.",
    "Festival promotes national integration, social welfare, cultural preservation.",
    "Activities include blood donation, eye check-up, cataract surgery camp."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}