Mumbai: Defying risk to their lives, villagers cross tracks for age-old immersion tradition

Mumbai | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

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(Deepak Joshi) Villagers from Thakurli cross the railway tracks during Ganesha idol immersion ritual. Villagers from Thakurli cross the railway tracks during Ganesha idol immersion ritual. However, when the railway tracks came up, it became difficult for the people to carry their boats across and they all started doing odd jobs. The residents of Thakurli, Kachore and Khambalpada cross the railway tracks, sometimes in a line and sometimes as a group, to reach the water body to bid Ganpati adieu. To ensure our safety, we do not cross the tracks alone,” said Bhaskar Choudhari, a resident of the village..