It is well over a century since Maharashtra first saw the public celebration of the Ganesh festival or what is more commonly called Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav. The use of these public festivities as a political weapon by Lokmanya Tilak during the colonial period is a well-known fact. But it would be relevant to remember at this point that these celebrations always featured music performances and other events of a high intellectual order. Eminent vocalist Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale performed every year during