Mumbai sees muted Ganesh visarjan festivities this year as Covid keeps crowds away
The 10-day Ganeshotsav is usually a lavish spectacle in Mumbai, but this year's festivities were missing the loud celebrations and crowds that typically choke the city.
Mumbai: The 10-day Ganeshotsav ended Tuesday and while it is usually a lavish spectacle in the city of Mumbai, this year’s festivities were muted and much smaller in scale, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. There were many restrictions in place throughout the festival, especially for the final day of Ganesh visarjan (immersion of the idol), also called Anant Chaturdashi.
Around 35,000 police personnel were stationed across Mumbai to manage the crowds, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation also made arrangements for a smooth immersion of idols.
Currently, there are more than 19 lakh active cases novel coronavirus in Maharashtra.
ThePrint brings you a glimpse of how the pandemic has affected Ganeshotsav celebrations in Mumbai with Vasant Prabhu’s photographs from 2019 and 2020.
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