This year too the Salman Khan household will seat a Ganesh idol at their Bandra home during Ganesh Chaturthi, a tradition that is over a decade old and was started by Salman's father, renowned script writer, Salim Khan.
Salman Khan’s family like every year shall be celebrating Maharashtra’s biggest festival, the Ganesh Festival in their home. Despite being Muslims, the Khan family is famous for celebrating all the Indian festivals displaying a true picture of National Integration.

Our source tells, “Salman Khan will be canceling all his scheduled appointments during the one and half day Ganpati celebrations that take place at his house. The Ganesh idol will be brought to Salman’s house on Wednesday morning. There will first be a Puja followed by a grand lunch at the house itself. It will be attended by a select few friends and relatives of the family. Most of the guests visiting for a darshan of the Ganesh idol will start coming in from evening. The kids of Sohail and Arbaaz love this festival a lot and Salman’s youngest sister Arpita too takes a lot of interest in doing the decorations around the Ganesh idol.”

“Amongst those scheduled to visit Salman’s house for Ganpati this year from the film industry are Mithun Chakraborty, Govinda, David Dhawan, Sajid-Wajid, Subhash Ghai and Boney Kapoor. Around two - three years back, Shah Rukh Khan had visited Salman’s house during the Ganesh Festival Now after the spat between the two at the party Salman hosted for Katrina Kaif’s birthday, SRK won’t feature anywhere in Salman’s guests list for sure!”

"Salman's brothers Arbaaz and Sohail and their respective families enthusiastically participate in the festivities. 

"On the second day, in the evening, the Ganpati idol is taken for immersion nearby Bandstand. The entire family walks along together in a procession," the source concluded. 

Last year, besides celebrating the festival at home, Salman also participated in the special Puja at the famous Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Mandal and donated an undisclosed amount. The officials of Lalbaugcha Raja have confirmed to us that Salman has shown interest in attending a special Puja this year also. 

The celebrations at Lalbaugcha Raja last for 11 days and it is not known on which date Salman will attend.

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