While immersions inartificial pondsrose compared to previous years, still overall, less than half the total number of idols were immersed there this year. Approximately 2.65 lakh kg of nirmalya (flowers) was collected across the city.
For the first time, the Lalbaugcha Raja was immersed on Anant Chaturdashi rather than the morning after. Neighbouring Ganesh Gully completed visarjan around 12.30pm.
Interestingly other major mandals like Sahyadri Krida Mandal at Tilak Nagar chose to build an artificial tank bedecked with flowers in their precinct, and performed the ritual on site. Spokesman Jaya Shetty said, We would earlier travel 12-14 hours to the seashore. Our message is that even big mandals are following the government’s guidelines.