This Ganesh Chaturthi, don’t miss out this very special modak dispensing ATM in Pune

A resident of Pune, in a unique attempt to get technology and culture together, invented an ATM that dispenses 'Modak.'

In a unique attempt to get technology and culture together, a resident of Pune has invented an ATM that dispenses 'Modak.' Sanjiv Kulkarni says, "It is ATM-Any Time Modak. You'll get a dispenses modaks through this ATM on inserting a special card. It was an attempt to move forward with technology & culture together."    

The first modaks on dispensing ATM machine has been installed in Sahakar Nagar, Pune for the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. The outer side of the machine is like a normal ATM machine but has a Ganesha idol installed instead of the computer screen to complete the festive look. ATM dispenses the modak on inserting a special card. You can get the modak from from the cassette that hands out cash. 

The festive spirit of Ganesh Chaturthi has resulted in some very unique celebrations. A non-descript village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, which earlier witnessed communal unrest, has now set an example of brotherhood by installing both the 'Muharram sawari' and Lord Ganesh's idol under one roof.

Prayers are being held uninterruptedly by both the Hindu and Muslim communities at the same venue at Vidul village in Yavatmal's Umarkhed tehsil.

The unifying initiative, taken by Yavatmal Superintendent of Police Megnathan Rajkumar, is significant as the area had in the past witnessed several incidents of communal disharmony during the Ganesh festival celebrated by Hindus and the Ramzan Eid and Muharram of Muslims.

Since the Ganesh festival and Muharram are coinciding this year, Rajkumar instructed the Umarkhed police station inspector, Hanumant Gaikwad, to call a peace meeting of villagers on September 8 in the gram panchayat office.

Gaikwad conveyed the SP's suggestion to villagers that they should think of holding the Ganesh and Muharram functions jointly.

The villagers unanimously accepted the suggestion and set up a pandal at Nalsaheb Devsthan temple in Vidul where both the religious functions are being held.