During Ganeshotsav, devotees throng pandals across Mumbai and other cities, and feast on sweets such as modak, which is considered Ganesha’s favourite. To mark the end of the festival, the idols are ...

Ganesh Chaturthi festival sees devotees preparing various sweets and snacks to offer Lord Ganesh to celebrate his birth anniversary. The festival falls on August 31 this year and we see preparations ...

The most common type of modak is steamed, also known as ukadiche modak, which is prepared in a steamer pan. Made from maida, wheat, or rice flour, these modaks have grated coconut and jaggery within.

Freediver and artist Rava Ray finds solace in the sea. After moving around from the United States to the south of France growing up, she returned to the home of her mother and ancestors — Mo'orea in ...