On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi on Friday, popular Bollywood celebrities Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Ajay Devgn wished love and prosperity for their fans, friends and family members.
Here's what these celebrities tweeted on Friday:
Lata Mangeshkar: Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all of you.
T 2526 - Ganesh Chaturthi greetings .. the eve of the day Ganesh ji enters our homes .. !! pic.twitter.com/QQp9mZ3dZV
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 24, 2017
Amitabh Bachchan: Ganesh Chaturthi greetings. The eve of the day Ganeshji enters our homes.
Sridevi: Heartiest greetings and good wishes to all on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Heartiest greetings and good wishes to all on the occasion of #GaneshChaturthi.
— SRIDEVI BONEY KAPOOR (@SrideviBKapoor) August 25, 2017
Shabana Azmi: Greetings to all for Ganesh Chaturthi.
Anil Kapoor: Another year goes by happily all thanks to Bappa and his blessings! Wish you all a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi! Ganpati Bappa Morya!
Priyanka Chopra: Ganpati bappa Morya... Happy Ganesh Chaturthi everyone.
Ganpati Bappa Morya. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. pic.twitter.com/aWbKvPvb5V
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) August 25, 2017
Ajay Devgn: Ganpati Bappa Morya. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
Ganpati Bappa Morya! 🙏🏼 #GaneshChathurthi
— Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) August 25, 2017
Juhi Chawla: This year let's celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in a way that makes God and the environment proud of us.
Suniel Shetty: Let's learn good listening, wisdom, humility, endurance and leadership from the lord of Buddhi, Siddhi and Riddhi! Ganpati Bappa Morya.
Celebrate well and make sure you spend quality time with your family, that’s what really matters. Happy #GaneshChaturthi pic.twitter.com/wfTRM33ohX
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) August 25, 2017
Shekhar Kapur: Every moment is a new beginning. A new adventure. A new life. May the Lord of all beginnings bless you every moment. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
May Lord Ganesha bless you and your family with health, wealth & wisdom! Happy #GaneshChaturthi!
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) August 25, 2017
Anushka Sharma: May Lord Ganesha bless you and your family with health, wealth and wisdom! Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!
Have a joyous time celebrating the auspicious occasion 😊
— Kajal Aggarwal (@MsKajalAggarwal) August 25, 2017
Happy #GaneshChaturthi!! #goecofriendly pic.twitter.com/3MkRwpWmDP
Diana Penty: Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all! May the blessings of Lord Ganesha be with you always.
Abhishek Bachchan: Ganapati Bappa Morya!
Farhan Akhtar: Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. May all our lives be blessed with love, prosperity, peace and happiness, always.
🕉Ganeshaye Namah 🕉🙏🏻 make an effort,go https://t.co/8R8CgizpAe to preserve not pollute.truly get his blessings! Ganpati Bappa Morya! pic.twitter.com/WZdO1fePwE
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) August 24, 2017
Riteish Deshmukh: Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. May Bappa bless you all with happiness, love and prosperity. Ganpati Bappa Morya!
Sonali Bendre Behl: Blessed to have Ganpati Bappa with us once again. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi everyone!
GANPATI BAPA MORYA " pic.twitter.com/Kgm0lZubuy
— Remo D'souza (@remodsouza) August 25, 2017
DESPITE RAIN, BOLLYWOOD CELEBRATES GANESH CHATURTHI WITH GUSTO
Heavy rain didn't deter Bollywood celebrities from welcoming Lord Ganesha home and celebrating the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi here on Friday with full enthusiasm. From Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Jeetendra to Tamannaah Bhatia, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sonu Sood, Bappi Lahiri and Rakhi Sawant -- everyone was in festive mode.
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to every Indian. Celebrate together, with no discrimination between castes, creeds, religions, states, languages.
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 25, 2017
Tusshar Kapoor, son of veteran actor Jeetendra, welcomed Ganpati in a traditional dhoti avatar and performed the rituals with complete devotion. The actor said it has been difficult this year to adjust everything according to the new young member -- his son Lakkshya -- but he is excited about his upcoming film "Golmaal Again".
May the lord Ganesha fill your life with prosperity wealth as well as health on the occasion of #GaneshChaturthi pic.twitter.com/1TSHENu9Sl
— Ekta Kapoor (@EktuEkta) August 25, 2017
Actress Tamannaah said the festival is more about expressing gratitude to the God than asking more from him. She sang an 'aarti' to welcome Lord Ganesha.
The actress, who has just returned from the India Day Parade in New York, said: "We should respect all faiths and beliefs. I believe God is one and there are just different names. I am very proud and lucky to be an Indian.”
Ganpati Bappa Morya 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/U3GIDm7AHK
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) August 25, 2017
Sonu has been celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi for 18 years. He performed an aarti with wife Sonali and their children. The actor urged everyone to support eco-friendly ponds for Visarjan to avoid polluting the sea.
Veteran singer Bappi Lahiri also celebrates the festival with high spirits each year, and this time it was no different. He thanked the Lord and Maharashtra state for all his success and wealth.
Happy vinayaka chaturthi !!!! May ganapathy bapaa bless us all always !!!! #SpreadPositivity #SpreadFaith #SpreadLove 🐘🐘🐘🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊🙂🙂
— soundarya rajnikanth (@soundaryaarajni) August 25, 2017
Actress Rakhi Sawant, who has been in the news for a court case over hurting the sentiments of the Valmiki community, also celebrated the occasion.
Actor Vivek Oberoi, who welcomed a Ganesha idol at his home on Thursday, spoke about bringing an eco-friendly version.
"From the last 11 years, we are bringing eco-friendly Ganesha and I feel it makes lot of difference. When we started that time, people used to say it doesn't look good, but I feel now people are used to that and people have started liking it. It looks really beautiful and is very beneficial for environment as well."
Wishing all a happy and blessed Ganesh Chaturthi.
— Manisha Koirala (@mkoirala) August 25, 2017
#HappyGaneshChaturthi #Ganesha #Festival pic.twitter.com/mSqXVxuOb5
Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh celebrated his first Ganpati with his wife Rukmini since their marriage.
Meanwhile, Ajay Devgn, producer Bhushan Kumar and director Milan Luthria visited Lalbaugh on Friday to seek blessings for their upcoming film "Baadshaho".
Bhushan was also present with the team of "Bhoomi" -- actors Sanjay Dutt, Aditi Rao Hydari and Sharad Kelkar as well as director Omung Kumar -- for a 'puja', where Sanjay sang the Ganpati aarti he has crooned for his comeback film.
Our Ganesha is back home. Wish you all prosperity, peace, wisdom and abundance of all good things, #happyganeshchathurthi from Rampal's. pic.twitter.com/zc7YFZ2fp9
— arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) August 25, 2017