India, Aug. 1 -- At a press conference held on Thursday, the Bhau Rangari and Mandai Ganesh mandals announced that from this year, they will begin the Ganesh visarjan (immersion) procession during daytime immediately after the five Manache Ganpati. The mandals announced that they had decided to break their over 100-year-old tradition of beginning the immersion procession late at night in order to cut down on the overall time taken by the immersion procession.

Mandai mandal's Anna Thorat and Bhau Rangari mandal's Punit Balan made the announcement. Thorat said, "We took the decision to start the Ganesh immersion procession immediately after the five Manache Ganpati. This decision is not only for this year but will be continued hereon."

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