Ganesha Idol Procession

Bengaluru city police department authorities have decided not to allow Ganesha idol processions and DJ dances across the city after a series of incidents, including riots, were reported during the Ganesha festival in the state capital.

Twenty-two children who went missing during the immersion processions of Ganesha idols at Girgaon Chowpatty here were reunited with their families, police said on Saturday.

Ganpati Visarjan: The Ganesha idols are immersed today in a water body as devotees join the procession amidst chants of "Ganapati Bappa Morya".

The immersion processions of the idols of prominent Ganesh mandals in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra began this morning amid fanfare.

Organisers of the Ganesha Tejukaya Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal Trust in Lalbaug are on tenterhooks this year. Their towering 21-feet-high Ganpati idol took a tumble during last year's immersion procession, leaving many devotees and organisers in despair. To set their minds at rest, they have decided to commission a replica of last year's idol thi...

Bengaluru city police department authorities have decided not to allow Ganesha idol processions and DJ dances across the city after a series of incidents, including riots, were reported during the Ganesha festival in the state capital.

Twenty-two children who went missing during the immersion processions of Ganesha idols at Girgaon Chowpatty here were reunited with their families, police said on Saturday.

Ganpati Visarjan: The Ganesha idols are immersed today in a water body as devotees join the procession amidst chants of "Ganapati Bappa Morya".

The immersion processions of the idols of prominent Ganesh mandals in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra began this morning amid fanfare.

Organisers of the Ganesha Tejukaya Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal Trust in Lalbaug are on tenterhooks this year. Their towering 21-feet-high Ganpati idol took a tumble during last year's immersion procession, leaving many devotees and organisers in despair. To set their minds at rest, they have decided to commission a replica of last year's idol thi...