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Pune, Sep 19 (PTI) For the second year in a row, Lord Ganesh"s idols were immersed without public processions on the last day of the ten-day festival here in Maharashtra on Sunday because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Amid chants of "Ganpati bappa morya", idols of the five "Manache (prominent) Ganpati"- Kasba Ganesh, Tambdi Jogeshwari, Guruji Talim, Tulshibaug, and Kesari Wada- were immersed in artificial tanks set up at their respective pandals.
As per the tradition, the idol of Kasba Ganesh, the first ""manacha Ganpati"", was placed in a palanquin which was carried amidst the chants of "Ganpati Bappa Moraya".
It was immersed in the decorated water tank in the pandal premises.
"Keeping the restrictions in mind and the scare of COVID-19, we simply celebrated the whole festival.
As Kasba Mandal believes in discipline, the immersion took place in the presence of ten devotees at the pandal premises," said Shrikant Shete, one of the trustees of the mandal.