As Ganpati festivities came to an end on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday, over 38,000 idols were immersed at 129 designated spots in Mumbai. As per sources, immersions of several big idols including startling attraction Lalbaugcha Raja, continued till Friday morning. Lalbaugcha Raja was immersed in sea off Girgaun Chowpatty past 9 pm on Thursday. 

immersions were held in every part of city, from Shivaji Park in central part of city to Juhu on western coast, and Aksa, Versova and Marve coasts in rrn part of metropolis.

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Security apparatus for immersions

A statement issued by BMC said

'By 9 am on Friday, 627 'sarvajanik' (public) Ganesha idols were immersed while figure for small household idols stood at 30,403, taking total number of immersions over last 24 hours to over 38,000.'

Reportedly, for security apparatus, teams for civic body's disaster manment team, fire brige, police, and or ncies were present. Chief Fire Officer P S Rahangdale said fire brige h deployed over 300 lifeguards to ensure immersions passed off without any untoward incident.

In neighbouring Thane, a total of 6.190 idols were immersed. According to figures released by Thane Municipal Corporation, it included 5,574 public Ganpati idols and 482 community ones.

Medical centres and watch towers h also been set up. Special centres for missing children were also in place along with drone cameras to monitor situation. Various wings of police, including State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), Riot Control, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squ, and Quick Response Teams were deployed in city.

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Ganesh Chathurti 2019

 city of Mumbai is kwn for its busy schedule, in spite of which it never fails to make time to celebrate. Ganeshotsav is one such festival and is touted to be one of biggest. Engulfed in lights, flowers, and happiness, elephant God gets a grand platform. Devotees make sure that Ganpati Bappa is surrounded with his favourites, especially modak that tops list. This time around, one of Mumbai's biggest and oldest pandal has me way for a big life-size modak.

girmous idol of Ganesha coupled with an impeccable display of decorations ups excitement of followers that attend in thousands of numbers each passing year.

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(With Inputs from PTI)