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Ganesha Festivities in Mumbai. Ganesha, elephant-headed Hindu god of beginnings, who is traditionally worshipped before any major enterprise and is the patron of intellectuals, bankers, scribes, and authors. His name means both “Lord of the People” (gana means the common people) and “Lord of the Ganas” (Ganesha is the chief of the ganas, the goblin hosts of Shiva). Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial center, it's India's largest city.