The 11-day Ganesh Chaturthi festivities culminated in a grand colourful immersion procession on Thursday and was marked by pomp and gaiety in the city.
The 11-day Ganesh Chaturthi festivities culminated in a grand colourful immersion procession on Thursday and was marked by pomp and gaiety in the city. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
Clouds gathered on the morning of the final day of Visarjan. Various people gathered on the beachs of Mumbai with umbrellas in hand to say their farewell to Lord Ganesha. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
Prediction of “very heavy rainfall” over the next 48 hours in parts of Mumbai and certain areas in Central Maharashtra was made by the MeT department on Thursday. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
After performing the farewell ‘Uttar Pooja’, thousands of devotees thronged the city’s streets and waterfronts to immerse their idols of Lord Ganesha, sending him back to his abode. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
Rains worked as a spoil-sport. This year the crowd at Girgaum Chowpatty was half of what it was last year. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis attends Visarjan ceremony in Mumbai. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
The Chief Minister had earlier said that he would install an eco-Ganesha made of clay at his official residence, Varsha bungalow. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
In Mumbai, BMC had organised visarjan facilities at 69 natural and 31 artificial ponds. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
The popular immersion points for the large idols are the Arabian Sea, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, the various beaches and creeks in Mumbai, scores of artificial water bodies created by the BMC for immersion, lakes, wells and ponds. Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost
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