Over 38,000 Ganesh idols immersed till Saturday morning in Mumbai

Over 38,000 idols of Lord Ganesh were immersed across Mumbai till Saturday morning, while visarjan process is still on at some places in the city, officials said. The 10-day Ganpati Utsav celebration ended yesterday on Anant Chaturdashi. The immersion processions started yesterday morning.

As many as 38,214 Ganesh idols were immersed in Mumbai till 9 am on Saturday. Of these, 31,259 were household idols, 6,647 'sarvajanik' (those installed in public pandals), while 308 idols were of Goddess Gauri, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.

The idol of Lalbaugcha Raja, one of the biggest draws of the festival in the city, was immersed around 9.15 am, nearly 22 hours after its procession had started on Friday. Its procession reached the Girgaon Chowpatty early this morning. A huge crowd gathered at the immersion point to bid adieu to Lalbaugcha Raja.


More than 20,000 police personnel including 3,200 officers have been deployed in Mumbai. Eight companies of the State Reserve Police Force, one company of Rapid Action Force and 750 home guards have also been deployed.

The BMC had provided immersion facilities at 73 natural and 162 artificial water bodies and about 10,000 civic personnel were on duty.

The idols were immersed at Girgaon Chowpatty (beach), in artificial ponds and some other water bodies. While Girgaon Chowpatty is one of the major spots for immersion of popular Ganesh idols like Lalbaugcha Raja, Ganesh Gully and others, idols are also immersed at other beaches across the city, including Shivaji Park, Bandra, Juhu and Malad.

(Inputs from PTI)