TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The 10-day Ganesh festival celebrated across Maharashtra with fervour is concluding on Friday, and processions for the immersion of idols of the deity are being taken out, for which the authorities in Mumbai and other parts of the state have made elaborate arrangements.
The festival dedicated to the elephant-headed god had begun on August 31. At the culmination of the festival on Anant Chaturdashi, the idols of Lord Ganesh are taken to nearby water bodies and immersed. Devotees take the idols for immersion in a grand processions.
The idols of Lord Ganesh were installed in homes and public pandals across the state with pomp and gaiety this year with the coronavirus pandemic no longer casting its shadow on the celebrations. The pandemic-induced restrictions had curtailed the celebration in the last two years. The authorities in Mumbai, Pune and other parts of the state have made elaborate arrangements for the immersion of idols and processions.
Processions began in Mumbai and other parts of the state on Friday morning amid chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudhachya Varshi Lavkar Ya”, beating of drums and sprinkling of gulal. In Mumbai, more than 20,000 police personnel as well as other specialised units will be on duty. The festivities this year were held without COVID-19 pandemic norms and several thousand people are expected to take part in immersion processions across Mumbai, an official has said.
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