Visited Siddivinayak a number of times. Feel so good when you are in the sanctum sanctorum. But the noise nearby and the rush & push around of people as well as of the securities make it so difficult to concentrate and pray peacefully.
Outside the temple, it is just money making racket going on. Everybody, right from the shopkeepers to the beggars.it is just how to fleece money from those who come to pay their respect to Lord Ganesha. Have often wondered whether the shopkeepers especially really intend worship God or it is just business for them.
The touts who are hands in glove with the police personnel are freely available on the pretext of providing instant entry at a fee. Feel saddened to know that you need to pay to worship and to pray.