Ganesh immersion to regain old glory
The Hindu
40,000 idols likely to be immersed today
After a year of lull due to pandemic, the mega Ganesh immersion returns to Hyderabad on Sunday with the usual fanfare witnessed in 2019 and earlier.
But for the permission granted by the Supreme Court, the event ‘Sobha yatra’ as it was called had become uncertain in the wake of the High Court saying no to immersion of idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP). In fact, all the idols that head to Hussainsagar and 33 other lakes in and around Hyderabad were made of PoP, making the yatra a non-starter if the ban was implemented.
The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti expected immersion of nearly one lakh idols in all lakes and lakhs of people coming out on roads over a length of 320 kms from all corners of the city to witness. The main procession, however, will be over 17 kms from Balapur to Hussainsagar.
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