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Updated On: 08 September, 2010 08:48 AM IST | | Viek Sabnis
Owner of 250-year-old wada where Lokmanya started Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav wants to sell property to builder for reconstruction
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Owner of 250-year-old wada where Lokmanya started Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav wants to sell property to builder for reconstruction
The fate of the 250-year-old Vinchurkar Wada, where Lokmanya Tilak started the first Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav, has been left hanging.
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| THEN AND NOW: An 1898 photograph of the Vinchurkar Wada in Sadashiv Peth with Lokmanya Tilak among the seated people |
The owner of the wada wants to sell off the property to builders, while others associated with the first mandal want to continue celebrations at the same spot.
Tilak was staying in the wada as a tenant between 1892 and 1905 and running law classes in the one-storey earthen structure. The wada,u00a0 where the Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav was initiated by Tilak by the name of Law Class Ganpati, is still in existence.
Current owner of the wada, Madhukar Dani, a descendent of Sardar Vinchurkar wants to sell off the property but builders are reluctant to
purchase it, as they fear the place may be
declared a heritage structure.
Dani, however, ruled out the possibility of the wada being a heritage site.
Ravindra Pathare, trustee and treasurer of Lokmanya Tilak Pratham Ganpati Trust (LTPSGT), said: "This place has a history and Swami Vivekananda met Tilak here in June 1992."
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| Theu00a0wada today with trustee of Lokmanya Tilak Pratham Ganpati Trust Ravindra Pathare standing before it Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
