Mangalore: Fervour, Gaiety Marks Ganesha Festival in City 

Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VA)

Mangalore, Sep 11: Hindus across the city celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with great religious fervour and gaiety on Friday September 11.

Temples were decked up for the festival and hundreds of devotees stood in serpentine queues to join special pujas and 'aarati’ to the elephant-headed god who, according to mythological legends, wards off all evils.

Hundreds of Hindus also had colourful rangoli designs in the forecourts of their houses, strung fresh mango leaves across doors and worshipped Ganesha with traditional fervour.

In the evening, thousands of huge Ganesha idols put up at public places by groups of youth across Karnataka will be worshipped followed by musical programmes.

While most of the families in the city put up the Ganesha idols at their homes in the morning and immerse these in the evening, many would do so after ten days of worship.