Ganesh festival: Nearly 25k idols immersed in Mumbai by Thursday night
Ganesh festival: Nearly 25k idols immersed in Mumbai by Thursday night
MUMBAI: Nearly 25,000 idols were immersed in Mumbai by 9pm on Thursday, which is the sixth day of the Ganpati festival, civic officials said.
"Of the 24,757 idols immersed in the sea and artificial ponds, 21006 were household ones, 62 belonged to 'sarvajanik mandals' (community groups) and 3689 were of Goddess Gauri," a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
"Of these, 11122 household idols, 31 Sarvajanik Ganapati idols and 9564 idols of Gauri were immersed in artificial ponds. No untoward incident was reported anywhere during the immersion," he added.
