Amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai, data from Brihanmumbai Municipal (BMC) corporation showed that 2,198 Ganesh idols had been immersed until 3.00 pm on Anant Chaturdashi. Of these, 59 idols are from Sarvajanik pandals.
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Maharashtra Ganpati Visarjan Live News Updates: In a first all five Manache Ganapatis in Pune reached the Alka Chowk well before 6 pm on Saturday. The Visarjan procession saw the Kasba Ganapati starting the procession at 9.30 am with Kesariwada, the fifth Manache Ganapati, reaching Alka Chowk at 5.30 pm. Pune Police had conducted meetings with Ganapati Mandals and had urged them to ensure the procession does not spill over to the next day.
In Pune, this year’s procession is expected to be shorter than usual, with police urging mandals to curtail the scale. The five Manache Ganpatis — Kasba Peth, Tambdi Jogeshwari, Guruji Talim, Tulsibaug, and Kesariwada, lead the immersion procession, which typically passes through Belbaug Chowk and onto key routes like Laxmi Road and Tilak Road. These arterial roads are closed to traffic to accommodate the celebrations, which include traditional dhol-tasha pathaks, art performances, and colourful rangoli decorations, as thousands of citizens line the streets to watch.
The Pune police have announced road closures and traffic diversions for Anant Chaturdashi on Saturday, and earmarked a temporary ring road for continued traffic flow. Seventeen arterial roads will be closed to traffic, and 10 diversion points have been notified, as per a notification issued by Himmat Jadhav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), on Thursday. Parking of vehicles has been completely prohibited on 10 major road stretches in the city.
Amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai, data from Brihanmumbai Municipal (BMC) corporation showed that 2,198 Ganesh idols had been immersed until 3.00 pm on Anant Chaturdashi. Of these, 59 idols are from Sarvajanik pandals.
On Kumthekar Road, the pace was much relaxed as the mandals and the crowd took it’s time to wind up the procession. People were seen dancing with the Tasha Pathaks through the route of visarjan.
In a first all 5 Manache Ganapatis in Pune reached the Alka Chowk well before 6 pm on Saturday. The visarjan procession saw the Kasba Ganapati starting the procession at 9.30 am with Kesariwada, the fifth Manache Ganapati, reaching Alka Chowk at 5.30 pm.
Pune Police had conducted meetings with Ganapati Mandals and had urged them to ensure the procession does not spill over to the next day. All prominent mandals were asked to adhere to a time line with drones being used to monitor the procession. Heavy police bandobast makers the procession on Saturday with on duty olive officers urging mandals and people to move fast. The dhol Tasha Pathaks were also monitored to ensure no bottleneck happens at the prominent chowks.
Mandals who were given a time table also followed the same. This Kasba Ganapati the first of the five manache Ganapati started it’s procession at 9.30 am and reached the Alka Chowk by 2.30 pm. Shri Tambdi Kogeshwari and Guruji Talim were close on heel and reached Alka Chowk before 3.30 pm. Tulsibaugh Mandal and Kesariwada reached Alka chowk well before the time given to them. Kesariwada Ganpati reached by 5.20 pm, a first in many years.
The five manache Ganapatis were accompanied by dhol Tasha Pathaks who kept the route swaying with their music. The police personnels were extra vigilant in crowd control and were seen urging people to move forward at all prominent chowks.
Kesariwada Ganpati Mandal, the fifth manacha ganpati, reaches Alka Chowk. (Express Photograph/Arul Horizon)
Tambdi Jogeshwari, the second of the five Manache Ganapatis. (Express Photos/Arul Horizon)
Members of the Swarajya Trust accompanying the Kesariwada Ganapati has dressed up as Postal Employees for the procession.
Akhilesh More of the Trust said all of them have dressed up to remind people of the postal service which was loosing relevance.
The Kesariwada Ganapati is the fifth of the five manache Ganapatis and is on its way to reach Alka Talkies well before 5 pm. (Express Photo/Partha Sarathi Biswas)
Tulsibaugh and Kesariwada Mandal, the fourth and fifth Manache Ganapatis, are headed towards Alka Chowk.
The Kesariwada Mandal (Express Photo/Partha Sarathi Biswas)
Tambi Jogeshwari Mandal and Guruji Talim have both reached Alka Talkies before 3.30 pm in strict adherence to the timeline agreed upon. With the procession moving ahead - in an organised and disciplined manner - keeping to their individual timing, this-may well be the fastest Visarjan ever.
Shri Tambdi Jogeshwari Mandal, the second of the five Manache Ganapatis, reached the Alka Chowk before 3 pm. Guruji Talim, the third of the five Ganapatis, reached by 3.30 pm.
The Kasba Ganpati, the first of the five Manache Ganapatis, have reached the Alka Chowk at 2.30 pm. This year the Police has appealed to the mandala to ensure early visarjan and a time table has been drawn up accordingly. Kasba Ganapati is the first of the five prestigious mandals and starts the procession.
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VIDEO | Mumbai: Drone visuals from Shroff Building show sea of people gathered to witness Ganesh visarjan. #ganeshvisarjan #anantchaturdashi2025Thousands of devotees gathered in Mumbai to say goodbye to the well-known Ganesh idol Lalbaugcha Raja. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)
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