PUNE Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the efforts of Dagdusheth Halwai Trust for providing an e-darshan facility amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The temple is celebrating the 129th year of the Ganesh festival.
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In the congratulatory note which was sent to the temple’s trust, PM Modi stated, it was Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak who had started the festival in the pre-independence era to bring people together in the fight for freedom.
“Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple with its e-darshan has continued its historic tradition. My best wishes are with the temple and its trust,” he said.
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