- How can a Ganesh mandal get a free website?
- utsavmandal.com gives any Ganesh mandal or home Ganpati in India a free page in about five minutes — aarti timings, photos, the pandal location on a map, and a UPI link for donations. There is no cost and no subscription; a mandal only pays if it wants its own short name or domain.
- What can a mandal put on its utsavmandal page?
- Aarti and darshan timings, a photo gallery, the pandal address with a map pin, the programme for each day of Ganeshotsav, live darshan links, a donation UPI QR, and the committee’s contact. The page works on any phone and can be shared as one link on WhatsApp.
- What is India’s Favourite Ganpati Bappa?
- A free public vote across Ganesh mandals and home Ganpatis in India. Anyone can vote once a day for each Ganpati, without creating an account. Mandals and families enter their own Ganpati, and the standings are public.
- Is voting free, and do I need to sign up?
- Voting is free and needs no registration. One vote per Ganpati per day. Verifying a phone number makes a vote count for more, but it is optional.
- What is the 108 x 108 x 108 jap mission?
- A community sankalp to chant ॐ गं गणपतये नमः 12,59,712 times together during Ganeshotsav — 108 cubed. Every tap on the mala counts one jap, for the devotee and for their mandal. It is free, needs no account, and the running total is public.
- Can a home Ganpati have a page too?
- Yes. A home Ganpati page is unlisted by default — reachable by its link and left out of search and the public directory — so a family can share it with relatives without putting their home address on a public list.
- Which languages does utsavmandal support?
- Marathi, Hindi and English. The mandal page, the vote contest and the jap mission each have their own Marathi and Hindi versions rather than a machine translation.