Mumbai: As the Ganpati festival comes to an end today, grand visarjan processions are been carried across the state. The visarjan puja and aartis began in the morning and devotees are bidding farewell their beloved Bappa with teary eyes. In Mumbai, till 6 pm, 7,574 Bappa idols were immersed.
Mumbai has natural spots (seashores and lakes) for Bappa's immersion and corporation also installs Artificial ponds for eco-friendly visarjans. The devotees amid loud chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudhya Varshi Lavkar Ya', started Bappa's visarjans.
Till 6 pm, out of 7,574 idols, 300 were sarvajanik Ganpati idols, 7,227 were Gharjuti (home) idols and 47 were Gauri idols. Of the total immersions, 2,880 were done in the Artificial ponds, the BMC report said.
Lalbaugcha Raja Procession
Mumbai's legacy Ganpati, Lalbaugcha Raja left its pandal at noon after the last aarti. The mandal workers and devotees in large numbers joined the procession which will take rounds in the area of Lalbaug and Parel before final visarjan at Girgaon Chowpatty on Wednesday 6 am.
The grand yatra reached Parel's famous Shroff chawl in the evening where devotees showered flowers as per tradition. While, Mumbaicha Raja Ganpati idol will reach Girgaon Chowpatty late in the evening.
All major sarvajanik mandal's big Ganpati idols are taken through areas of Lalbaug, Parel and Girgaon with large crowds of devotees accompanying the Bappa till visarjan spot.
In Mumbai, more than 24,000 police personnel are deployed to maintain law and order situation, and allow devotees to enjoy the processions and visarjan rituals without inconvenience.
Visarjans Across Maharashtra
It is not only in Mumbai, but visarjan processions in high spirits are carried across the state. In Pune, the legacy Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati procession started in morning with Lezim, Dhol Tasha and traditional rituals.
The five Manache Ganpati in Pune in order are Shri Kasba Ganpati, Tambdi Jogeshwari, Guruji Talim, Tulshibaug and Kesari Wada. As per tradition, the immersion will start with Kasba Ganpati, followed by the others.
