Anant Chaturdashi: 24,000 cops to keep vigil in Mumbai; BMC deploys 25k staffers for Ganpati idol immersions

September 25, 2026 10:25 AM

Anant Chaturdashi: 24,000 cops to keep vigil in Mumbai; BMC deploys 25k staffers for Ganpati idol immersions

More than 24,000 police personnel will be on Mumbai’s streets on Friday to ensure that Ganesh immersion processions remain peaceful, while the BMC has made elaborate arrangements with 67 natural immersion sites and 383 artificial lakes, officials said.   Hundreds of idols of Lord Ganesh will be immersed on Anant Chaturdashi on Friday after processions, marking the culmination of the festival which started on September 14.   The Mumbai Traffic Police have issued comprehensive traffic advi...

Ganesh immersion processions begin across Mumbai amid chants, dhol-tasha beats

September 25, 2026 10:26 AM

Ganesh immersion processions begin across Mumbai amid chants, dhol-tasha beats

Ganesh idol immersion processions began across Mumbai on Friday morning amid chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya” and the rhythmic beats of dhol-tasha, as devotees prepared to bid an emotional farewell to Lord Ganesha on the final day of the festival.   After traditional puja and aarti in the presence of large numbers of devotees at ‘sarvajanik’ (community) Ganesh pandals, immersion processions of several prominent mandals began with energetic chants, traditional music and showers of gulal...