One Lord, one faith, thousand idols! Maharashtra's Mumbai alone immerses 38,000 Ganpati idols at 129 spots

Mumbai, September 13: Up in the celebrations of Mumbai Ganesh Visarjan this year, the BMC on Friday has affirmed over 38000 Ganesh idols being immersed at 129 designated spots by the day end on Anant Chaturdashi.

 

"Immersions of several big idols, including the popular Lalbaugcha Raja, continued into Friday morning. Lalbaugcha Raja was immersed in the sea off Girgaum Chowpatty past 9 am today", the officials said.

 

 

The immersions were held in the sea at Girgaum Chowpatty in south Mumbai, Shivaji Park in the central part of the city, Juhu on the western coast, and Aksa, Versova and Marve coasts in the northern part of the metropolis as well as other water-bodies and artificial ponds.

 

A statement issued by the BMC said by 9 am on Friday, 7,627 public Ganesha idols were immersed while the figure for small household idols stood at 30,403, taking the total number of immersions over the last 24 hours to over 38,000.

The festival was actually started back in the history to encourage people come together and celebrate the joy of togetherness. But in the recent times, individual families have started to host the festival for themselves.

Meanwhile, more than 40,000 police personnel had been deployed across Mumbai to ensure that the Ganesh idol immersion processions passed off smoothly.Also key routes of processions were be monitored by drones. "Teams from the civic body's disaster management team, fire brigade, police, and other agencies were part of the safety and security apparatus for the immersions", the statement added.