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In artificial lakes, 79,216 idols were immersed which is slightly more than the 70,233 immersed last year.
On Thursday, 15,295 idols were immersed, out of which 6,818 were immersed in artificial ponds.
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On the fifth day of Ganesh festival, September 14, a total of 37,439 Ganesh idols were immersed in water bodies across Mumbai till 9 pm, with no untoward incident being reported for anywhere so far, a BMC official said.
A civic official also stated that of the 37,439 Ganapati idols that were immersed, 328 were ''sarvajanik'' or public ones and 33,351 were household ones, with 19,544 idols, comprising 17,344 domestic and 185 Sarvajanik ones, being immersed in artificial ponds.
Celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi is akin to gorging on the delicious modaks, but, apart from that there are some other foods that you cannot miss.
An 8 building, Prathamesh Complex with nearly 320 flats in Veera Desai Road extension Andheri West hosts about 20-25 household Ganapati idols. In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the residents of the society came together and built an immersion pond for idols in the complex.
According to reports, nearly 30,000 Ganesh idols were immersed in Mumbai lakes and other artificial reservoirs on Saturday, September 11, which marked the second day of the Ganpati festival.
The police officer said that no untoward incident was reported from anywhere. He also stated that the immersion of the Ganesh idol started on Saturday afternoon. Of the total idols that were immersed include, idols of 232 public pandals and 28,794 were from houses.
Kiranbala Isher has been doing so for the last six years, through her NGO, “Progressive Nation which advocates the causes of soldiers. She said that she places the idol in Pooch for the protection of the soldiers and their families.
Maharashtra government has issued rules for Ganeshotsav, given coronavirus.