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MUMBAI: The sound of cymbals and dhol tasha will herald the start of Ganeshotsav Thursday. Permission is not being granted for DJ music either.Forced to adapt, individual households, societies, temples and Ganesh mandals are nevertheless filled with excitement as they prepare to welcome the elephant-headed god. They will perform the pran pratishtha puja that "breathes life" into the moorti early in the morning and open for darshan immediately after. They love her dearly and this is their way of expressing gratitude to the deity who feeds them fish through the year. "This year too, an array of palace and temple replicas is sure to draw pandal hoppers..