Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai
Mumbai , September 16 :
Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated in Mumbai this year with great spectacle and
splendour . Never before has the festive
mood been so high . The main reason must have been the competition for best
Ganesh idols and floats organised by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation . As a
result , a variety of art forms costing huge amount of money were tried out .
The general public were treated to a feast of Ganesh idols ranging from small
ones made with shells and small bottles to huge ones made of ply and vegetables
. The tallest was the one made by the Yuva Mandal . This idol rose to a
towering height of thirty feet and was decorated entirely with marbles .
On the Anand Chaturdashi day
, the last day of the festival , a procession of floats was organized. It was a public holiday and during the entire
evening magnificent floats trailed by slowly .
Thousands of people
participated in the procession singing and dancing to the accompaniment of musics and drums . Everyone agreed that the
25 feet long float put by the Yuva Mandal was the best . It depicted various aspects of Lord Ganesh’s
life . Deservedly , it won the first prize .
