{
  "id": 7604092,
  "title": "Mumbai Ganpati Visarjan 2026: 24,631 Ganesh Idols Immersed By 9 PM After One-And-A-Half-Day Festivities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/mumbai-ganpati-visarjan-2026-24-631-ganesh-idols-immersed-by-9-pm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T17:46:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-ganpati-visarjan-2026-24631-ganesh-idols-immersed-by-9-pm-after-one-and-a-half-day-festivities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai witnessed the immersion of over 24,600 Lord Ganesh idols on Tuesday, concluding the first day of the 12-day Ganpati festival, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials. The festival, which began a day earlier, was marked by the chanting of \"Ganpati Bappa Morya\" as devotees immersed the idols in different water bodies by 9 pm. There were no incidents reported during the idol immersions after the one-and-a-half-day worship of the deity.\n\nThe civic body provided adequate arrangements for devotees at immersion sites, including artificial ponds, across the metropolis. Out of the total 24,631 idols immersed, 110 were public Ganesh mandals and 24,521 were household ones. Additionally, 600 Hartalika (Goddess Parvati) idols were also immersed, bringing the total number of immersions recorded till 9 pm to 25,231.\n\nThe 12-day Ganpati festival will conclude on Anant Chaturdashi, which falls on September 25 this year, with idols being immersed after colorful processions.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 15, 2026: Amid chants of \"Ganpati Bappa Morya\", over 24,600 Lord Ganesh idols, mostly household ones, were immersed in different water bodies by devotees until 9 pm on Tuesday in Mumbai on the first immersion day of the 12-day festival, which began a day earlier. No untoward incident was reported during the idol immersions after the one-and-a-half days of worship of the deity,…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Palghar Ganpati Visarjan 2026: One-And-A-Half-Day Idols Immersed Amid Tight Security And Civic Arrangements",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/palghar-ganpati-visarjan-2026-one-and-a-half-day-idols-immersed-amid",
        "published": "2026-09-15T16:23:29.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}