PANAJI
The inclement weather notwithstanding, fireworks and merriment accompanied the ‘visarjan' of Lord Ganesha as festivities in those families that celebrated the festival over one and a half day came to a close late Saturday evening.
Devotees were seen accompanying the idols with fireworks and to the tune of bhajans with chants of ‘come soon next year' as idols small and large were taken to water bodies for immersion.
While traditionally idols of Ganesha were carried by devotees atop heads and taken to water bodies especially rivers and ponds, in recent times they are often carried in vehicles.
The celebrations will now continue with other families observing Ganesha for five, seven, eleven and even three weeks.
The inclement weather notwithstanding, fireworks and merriment accompanied the ‘visarjan' of Lord Ganesha as festivities in those families that celebrated the festival over one and a half day came to a close late Saturday evening.
Devotees were seen accompanying the idols with fireworks and to the tune of bhajans with chants of ‘come soon next year' as idols small and large were taken to water bodies for immersion.
While traditionally idols of Ganesha were carried by devotees atop heads and taken to water bodies especially rivers and ponds, in recent times they are often carried in vehicles.
The celebrations will now continue with other families observing Ganesha for five, seven, eleven and even three weeks.
