Chennau, Aug. 31 -- Lakhs of people participated as more than 1,500idols of Lord Ganesha in various hues and sizes and installed in variousparts of the city, were brought in a procession and immersed in the sea,amid tight security, in Chennai this evening.
Police sources told UNI that the idol immersion event passed off peacefullyand no untoward incident was reported from any part of the city.
Police have made elaborate security arrangements in all the routes andon the Marina beach front and other water bodies, as the idols of theElephantine God, were taken in a procession amid fanfare and religiousfervour and immersed in the sea.
Police have banned bursting of crackers during the procession which wasduly complied with.
According to pol...