Members of both the communities also come together for the Ganesh immersion, which is scheduled for Thursday. After the traditional Ganesh 'vandana', the traditional hymn, is completed, the loudspeakers blare out qawwalis, he said.

As the immersion procession winds its way to Juhu every year, all the Ganesh devotees offer prayers and a 'chaddar' of flowers at a Muslim mausoleum en route and then continue to Juhu Beach.

In another instance of the lines between religions blurring, the popular Ganesh pandal of Bhandari Street Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal at Kapad Gully in south Mumbai has been completely built by a group of Muslim artisans directed by Anand Sawant.

According to mandal (association) joint secretary Shashikant Chavan, the artisans have done a 'splendid job' and they worked for half the normal pay since it was for a religious cause.

Sawant's group of Muslim artisans has also designed a huge Ganesh pandal in Fort area in south Mumbai.

Asif Khan, a 22-year old Muslim youth from Navi Mumbai, has carved and painted minute images of Lord Ganesh on two grains of pepper.

'We all have seen how the big Ganesh idols are made, but even these tiny ones which I carve and paint on pepper grains are equally tough to make,' said Asif.

The Ganesha with all its details on pepper can only be seen with a large magnifying glass.

But Mumbai's traditions of cultural fusion are there for all to see.