US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Wednesday visited Mumbai’s Shree Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Sanstha, from where the Ganesh festival was transformed into a public event by Lokmanya Tilak, and offered prayers to the elephant-headed God.

In his message, Garcetti said as “mayor of Los Angeles and as ambassador to India, I have always had Ganesha in my office and home as inspiration.”