Ganesh Visarjan 2017: Thousands throng Mumbai streets to bid adieu to Lord Ganpati
Thousands of gigantic, large, medium and small idols of the elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha, were taken out for immersion to various water bodies on Anant Chaturdashi, marking the end of the 12-day long Ganeshotsav in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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Thousands of gigantic, large, medium and small idols of the elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha, were taken out for immersion to various water bodies on Anant Chaturdashi, marking the end of the 12-day long Ganeshotsav in Mumbai on Tuesday. PTI
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The idols were moved from their pedestals amid chanting of the udvasana mantra and taken out of the various marquees, societies and individual homes, in Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, coastal Konkan districts and other towns in Maharashtra. PTI
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The idols were brought onto the roads accompanied by the beats of dhols (drums) and cymbals, thousands dancing and chanting “Ganpati Bappa Moraya, Pudhchya Varshi Lavkar Ya” (Lord Ganesha bless us, come soon next year), in clouds of auspicious red ‘gulaal’. PTI
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Tight security by multiple agencies were in place in Mumbai since the beginning of Ganesh Chaturthi on 25 August with over 40,000 personnel of the Mumbai Police, teams of fire brigade, Navy, Coast Guard, disaster management with helicopters, high-speed patrol boats and hovercrafts on the coastline, and over 5,000 CCTVs in the city. Skymetweather.com
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In Mumbai, the main immersion is at the historic Girgaum Chowpatty with top officials like police commissioner Datta Padsalgikar and BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta personally monitoring the developments. AP
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Besides, thousands of idols are being taken for immersions at the Dadar Chowpatty, Mahim seaface, beaches of Juhu, Versova, Gorai, Madh, Marve, Manori, Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Aarey Milk Colony, natural ponds and artificial water bodies created for an eco-friendly immersion all over Mumbai. AP
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Besides Mumbai, the other major immersions have begun in the coastal district of Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg since daybreak, in the presence of lifeguards provided by various civic bodies and volunteers. This year, Mumbai hosted around 11,550 big Ganeshotsav celebrations with budgets running into several crores of rupees; 190,000 medium or small groups with budgets of around Rs 500,000 to Rs five million, and millions of individual households in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra. AP
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