Ganesh immersion ceremony at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai

FP Staff • September 16, 2016, 16:13:22 IST

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