Farzan Ganesh Bhakt

Farzan Ganesh Bhakt, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Some Hindus I have met in life think only they have the monopoly of the religion they believe in.
And I came to the conclusion that sometimes it is the non Hindu that the Lord blesses too, and I came across several people as a photographer who give respect to deities and get respect too.

One of my favorite examples of Hope and Hindutva relates to Farzan whose father is a Parsi and mother a Catholic, Farzans grand mother is yester year famous junior artiste Katy Irani.


Farzan hosts the Ganpati every year , and he is passionate about Lord Ganesha a passion that borders on delirium.

He has already begun saving his pocket money to buy the statue, he does the decoration himself, and is totally excited when he brings the Lord to his house, his dad stops drinking , his mother stops cooking non veg and the local Marathi boys do the Arti at his house.


Farzans Ganpati is a set o Flickr my tribute to his devotion of Lord Ganesha.


Recently his family was knocked down by a speeding cab in town , Farzans father broke his leg , his mother managed to save herself , but Farzan was thrown at a far distance under the wheels of another cab I am told, his father narrated the story and told me that he knew Farzan was dead.

But the cab under which Farzan was thrown under ,stopped and Farzan was unhurt no bruise no scratch nothing.

So sometimes Lord Ganesha becomes a protective shield of someone who is not a Hindu but yet as human as the Lord himself.

Now the skeptic might not believe in all this but the Lord works in a strange way..

Marziya my grand daughter has been a close friend of Farzan since his first Ganpati..this year will be his third Ganpati he will bring home and he takes it for immersion at Mahim beach...chanting Ganpati Bappa Morya .