Mumbai: It was idol worship of a different kind, here the diva became the worshipper.

Singer Asha Bhonsle paid a visit to Mumbai's Siddhivinayak Temple to pay her respects to Lord Ganesha and also to release her album Mangalmurti Ganesh.

Unlike her contemporaries the singer has always moved with the times and this time too she has attempted something different.

Asha has sung famous Marathi bhajans in Hindi for non-Marathi speaking Ganesh devotees, maybe that explains the Ganesh Chalisa sung in contemporary rap style.


"The only way to teach the youth is to speak in their language. You cannot teach them in our language. I danced to the tune of Om Namah Shivay to teach my grandchildren its rhythm," Asha said.

After having reigned over the Indian music scene for close to six decades now, the versatile singer doesn't really have too many prayers unfulfilled.

"There are crores of women but God chose me and gave me so much fame that everybody remembers me and loves me," Asha said.

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