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Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening my friends out there! This is 11:30pm., 19th September, 2013, Thursday in India. After a long time, I return back. I was going for a holiday trip last 2weeks; so, not available here. How are you my friends? I’m fine as usual! 

Lalbaugcha Raja; one of the famous Mandals in Mumbai.

We have celebrated ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ for last 10days. It is a great festival and celebrated all over in India. Today is the last day of this festival, called ‘Ganesh Visarjan’.The most exuberant parts of the Ganesh festival are the street processions and immersion (visarjan) of statues in the water.
Ganeshotsav or Ganesh-Utsav, which begins on Ganesha Chaturthi, culminates on Anant Chaturdashi. Hence Ganeshotsav is celebrated for 10 days in the month of Bhadrapada. The last day of festivity is known as Ganesha Visarjan. Ganesha Visarjan is also known as Vinayaka Nimajjanam in Telugu speaking regions.

On the eleventh day the statue of Lord Ganesha is immersed into water body, preferably in a river, lake or the sea. After the final offering of coconuts, flowers and sweets, the statues of Lord Ganesha are taken to the water body through the street procession with much fanfare. Thousands of devotees join the procession and fill the whole atmosphere with chanting of Lord Ganesha. "Ganapati Bappa Morya" and "Ganesh Maharaj Ki, Jai" are few of the famous slogans which are chanted throughout the procession. 

Ganesha Visarjan in Mumbai

In Mumbai, Ganesha Visarjan is performed under the guidance of Ganpati Mandals. The street procession is accompanied with Dhol, Tasha and the other traditional instruments. Ganesha Visarjan continues throughout the night till the next morning.

Well, that’s all for today. Have a great weekend and please take care of your family and yourself. Have a good day/ afternoon/evening/night! Namaskar.

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