Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: Devotees Take Part In Idol Immersion Procession As 10-Day Festival Ends. Check Images

The festival dedicated to the elephant-headed god started on August 31. At the culmination of the festival on Anant Chaturdashi, idols of Lord Ganesh were taken to nearby water bodies and immersed.

Ganesh Visarjan on Friday

The ten-day Ganesh festival celebrated across Maharashtra and other parts of the country with fervour concluded on Friday. Processions for the immersion of idols of the deity were taken out amid tight security. (Image: PTI)

The image shows a devotee whispering in the ear of an idol of Lord Ganesh during its immersion procession on the last day of 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival, in East Delhi. (Image: PTI)

The festival dedicated to the elephant-headed god had started on August 31. At the culmination of the festival on Anant Chaturdashi, the idols of Lord Ganesh were taken to nearby water bodies and immersed. The image shows devotees carrying an idol of Lord Ganesha for immersion near the Taj Mahal in Agra. (Image: PTI)

The idols of Lord Ganesh were installed at homes and public pandals across the country with pomp this year with the coronavirus pandemic no longer casting its shadow on the celebrations. The image shows a devotee immersing an idol of the deity in an artificial pond in Ajmer district. (Image: PTI)

The image shows devotees taking part in a procession to immerse an idol of Lord Ganesha on the last day of 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival, in Surat, Friday. (Image: PTI)

Over 35,000 police personnel were deployed to oversee smooth conduct of the event in the three police commissionarates- Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda, Telangana DGP Mahendar Reddy said. The image shows devotees participating in Ganesha immersion procession in Hyderabad. (Image: PTI)