Archive · 3 Sep 2025
Ahmedabad Ganpati Pandals Honor Air India Crash Victims
During the Ganpati festival in Ahmedabad, some groups built special displays (pandals) that honored the people who died in a past airplane crash.
The pandals featured Lord Ganesh dressed like a firefighter, and the crash scene.
These displays aimed to remember the victims and celebrate people who helped.
The pandals were a hit among locals and visitors.
They also aimed to send a message about peace.
One pandal had a model airplane at the entrance.
Organizers made these displays from various materials, and the intention was to give respect to the deceased people.
Ganpati pandals in Ahmedabad recreated the site of an Air India plane crash.
The pandals honor victims and frontline workers like firefighters.
One pandal features Ganesh dressed as emergency staff.
Another pandal includes a thermocol airplane model and crash scene cutouts.
The displays have attracted visitors from different cities.
- Who
- Ganesh Yuva Mitra Mandal and Saranagar Mitra Mandal
- What
- Created Ganpati pandals themed around the Air India plane crash.
- When
- Ganesh Chaturthi festival
- Where
- Ahmedabad, India
- Why
- To pay tribute to victims and frontline workers.
- Event
- Air India plane crash
- Location
- Ahmedabad, India
- Pandal Themes
- Crash Site Recreation and Tribute
- Focus
- Frontline warriors, victims, communal harmony
- Materials
- Thermocol, clay statues
- Key features
- Ganesh as firefighters, cutout of BJ Medical College hostel
