This year again, Aamchi Mumbai will witness spectacular celebrations during the 11-day festival of Ganesh Utsav. Pandals are expected to seek 500 crore plus of coverage from insurance companies for maximum damages.
Ganesh Utsav, the festival honoring Lord Ganesha is celebrated all over India during September but maximum celebrations are witnessed in Mumbai and certain parts of Maharashtra. The pandals are set all over the city and the associations have approached insurance companies to insure all loss or damage/s to idol, pandal and devotees against fire, accident, theft and terrorist attacks. Random calculations from the Insurance industry suggest that coverage upwards of Rs.500 crore has been taken by Associations / Mandals across Maharashtra.
Below is the insurance coverage details of some prominent Ganeshotsav Mandals:
Prominent Mandal
Amount of Cover (Rs.)
Insurance Company
Lalbaugcha Raja
51,00,00,000
15,00,00,000
New India Assurance
Oriental Insurance
Andhericha Raja
05,98,00,000
National Insurance
Shirmant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati
40,00,000
The Ganesh festival will be celebrated all over India from September 17 to 27. Entire team of MyInsuranceClub wishes everyone a “Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 2015”
