Live
- Development nonstop in State: Ponguleti
- Chhath Puja 2024: Usha Arghya Ritual, Significance, and Muhurat on the Final Day of Celebration
- Palamuru doctor attends int’l meet
- Gut microbiome changes may signal onset of rheumatoid arthritis
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Colours Leaked Before January 2025 Launch
- Tim Paine backs opener Usman Khawaja for continued role in Australian lineup, eyes Konstas as successor
- TMC might change heads of municipalities where BJP’s performance was better in LS polls
- Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing in Raghuramakrishna Raju's Custodial Torture Case to November 25
- Three Arrested for Gang Rape of 50-Year-Old Woman in Hyderabad's Madhura Nagar
- Suryakumar Yadav on Ruturaj Gaikwad's Absence from T20I Squad: "His Time Will Come"
Ganesh immersion begins
Ganesh immersion has began on a smooth note in Warangal district on Wednesday.
Warangal: Ganesh immersion has began on a smooth note in Warangal district on Wednesday.
The streets and roads of tri-cities of Warangal-Hanamkonda-Kazipet filled with processions of Ganesh idols being taken for immersion after the nine-day Ganesh Navratri celebrations. Devotees raising slogans and hailing Lord Ganesh and dancing to drum beats added colour to immersion processions. The GWMC Mayor, N Narender, formally inaugurated the idol immersion at Chinna Waddepalli with special prayers. The city Police Commissioner G Sudheer Babu flagged off immersion at Padmakshi gundam in Hanamkonda.
Ganesh idols on specially designed vehicles slowly moved towards their assigned locations. 10 locations were marked for immersion by the GWMC. The immersion was expected to go on post mid-night hours in view of large number of idols in the city.
A total of 3,070 Ganesh idols would be immersed in the tanks. For the first time, the city police were engaging scores of rowdy sheeters to look after bandobast, along with about 1,300 policemen, 300 NCC cadets and officials.
16 cranes were deployed at the immersion points and flood lighting was arranged for the convenience of the devotees. Tight security was made while dog squad and bomb squad teams inspected the locations before the commencement of idol immersion.
Organisations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad distributed prasadam and drinking water to devotees.
Meanwhile, a Muslim called Mohammed Yakub Pasha of Kapuwada in the city has distributed ‘Pulihora’ and water near Padmakshi Temple to the devotees and artists, who accompanied the idol processions.
