Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 6 (ANI): Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, Hyderabad Police informed on Monday that they would allow only big and large Ganesh idols for immersion at NTR-PVNR marg while small and medium idols will be immersed at Tank bund.
Panaji (Goa) [India], September 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, the Goa government has banned firecrackers, processions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 4 (ANI): With Ganesh Chathurthi just round the corner, artisans making Lord Ganesh idols in Tamil Nadu's Madurai are facing hardship as they are not getting any response from buyers this year.
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], September 4 (ANI): With less than a week remaining for Ganesh Chaturthi, Nashik police commissioner Deepak Pandey inaugurated the stall of Ganesh idols, which have been made by inmates of Nashik Central Jail Prison, on Friday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 3 (ANI): Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, artisans making Ganesh idols in Bhubaneswar are hopeful of getting a better response from buyers this year.
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], August 5 (ANI): With an aim of spreading awareness to follow COVID-19 protocols and to get inoculated, an artist hailing from Gujarat's Vadodara has made an eco-friendly idol of Lord Ganesh showing him sitting on a vaccine vial, with a syringe beside him and a fac
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 4 (ANI): Nearly a month ahead of Ganesh Utsav, Ganesh idol makers in Maharashtra's Mumbai said they are reeling under the effect of COIVD-19 restrictions. Business is down for the second consecutive year, claim some idol makers.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 4 (ANI): Ahead of the popular Ganesh Utsav in Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja Ganeshotsav Mandal, Secretary to the Mandal Sudhir Salvi informed that a 4-feet tall idol will be installed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 29 (ANI): Nearly two months before Ganeshotsav or Ganesh Chaturthi, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued guidelines to restrict the height of the Ganesha idols to upto four feet.
Nagpur/Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 1 (ANI): Devotees across Maharashtra carried out the immersion of Ganesha idols on Tuesday in artificial ponds on the occasion of the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): A retired soldier was held on Friday after he allegedly opened fire in the air amid a heated argument with youth who were celebrating Ganesh idol immersion in Narsinghi area, Ganghadar, Inspector of Police, Narsinghi Police Station informed.
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 22 (ANI): Ganesh Chaturthi festivities in Vijayawada on Saturday were a muted affair owing to the state government's order prohibiting public celebrations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Idol makers bore the harshest brunt of all with almost no buyers