Ganpati has always been a patron deity for the artists. Especially in Marathi cultural world, Ganpati is special and venerable. Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati from Pune is one of the such most celebrated Ganeshotsav in Maharashtra. For peace and prosperity of Marathi Art world, various artists from the theatre and movie industry will perform a Maha-abhishek on this Ganpati on 1 September at 11 am. This event is organised by Salaam Pune. Chief guest will be MP Sanjay Kakde, Mrs. Usha Kakde and Public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
The artists who will be present for this event are: Yashpal Sharma, Rajpal Yadav, Mukesh Tiwari, Madhu Kambikar, Jyoti Chandekar, Suhasini Deshpande, Jaymala Inamadar, Tejaswini Pandit, Shruti Marathe, Mrinmayee Deshpande, Pooja Purandare, Gauri Gadgil, Vrunda Bal, Prateeksha Jadhav, Preetam Kagne, Madhavi Soman, Mohini Kulkarni, Priyanka Pawar, Gauri Konge, Ashok Shinde, Anant Jog, Pushkar Shrotri, Santosh Juvekar, Pushakar Jog, Abhijit Khandkekar, Aniket Vishwasrao, Praveen Tarade, Uday Tikekar, Hemant Dhome, Umesh Damle, Devendra Bhagat, Gaurav Ghatnekar, Sanket More, Rahul Dongre, Sachin Gavli, Niranjan Namjoshi, Sangram Sardeshmukh, Siddheshwar Zadbuke, Yogesh Wanve, Mayur Lonkar, Musicians like Nilesh Navlakha, Megharahrahe Bhosle, Vishal Gavare, M K Dhumal, Mohan Damle, Vikas Patil, Milind Lele, Suvadan Angre, Sunil Mahajan, Nikita Moghe, Prathamesh Gadhve, Vaibhav Joshi, Sanjay Thube and many more.