"ganesh-festival"

As Hyderabad prepares for the 11-day Ganesh festival, Muslim craftsmen, decorators, suppliers, drivers and sweet makers are working with Hindu organisers across the city. Their long-standing partnerships, built around everyday festival services, highlight Hyderabad’s tradition of shared participation and communal harmony.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said arrangements are in place for the 10-day Ganeshotsav beginning September 14, with authorities directed to follow Bombay High Court rules. He urged mandals to ensure safety, food hygiene, pothole-free routes and environmental compliance

JS Sriram and his team delivered a captivating Nama Sankeertana performance during Hyderabad's Ganesh Festival celebrations. Despite continuous rain, the two-hour devotional music filled the evening with energy, devotion, and artistry, leaving the audience fully engaged and moved

Hyderabad’s markets are abuzz as citizens prepare for Milad un Nabi and the 11-day Ganesh festival. Traders, youth associations, and caterers are busy with decorations, traditional wear, and food orders, setting the stage for grand community celebrations.

The Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) will distribute over 3.2 lakh eco-friendly clay Ganesh idols in Hyderabad and districts for Vinayaka Chaturthi. Minister Konda Surekha launched the campaign, which also includes workshops and awareness programmes promoting sustainable festive practices

Following a recent electrocution incident, BGUS urged Ganesh pandals to follow certified electrical safety standards. The committee will deploy 160 Ganesh Action Teams and provide free electricity. Organisers are encouraged to use Swadeshi products and adhere to TGSPDCL guidelines

Rachakonda Police Commissioner G Sudheer Babu reviewed Ganesh festival and immersion arrangements, directing officials to ensure peaceful celebrations. He banned DJ systems at pandals, stressed safety measures, and ordered additional security at sensitive areas with close watch on anti-social elements

He said a round the clock control room was set up at the DGP office at Lakdikapul and senior officials including Additional Director General (law and order) Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat monitored the immersion.

To ease the stress on crane operators and related works, shift system was worked out and the police force was deployed on shift basis for the procession

The procession passed through Vinayak Chow, Devichand Chowk, Ambedkar Chowk, Cinema Road, and many other important junctions of the town.t

“The Chief Justice of India should recuse himself from the cases because his relations with the prime minister are out in the open. Can he give us justice,” questioned Raut

The Hyderabad traffic police has placed certain traffic restrictions in the city in view of Ganesh idol immersion processions between September 10 and 16

At least 29,923 household idols and 234 public mandal idols were immersed in artificial ponds, set up to avoid pollution in natural water bodies

Vehicles carrying Ganesh idols will only be allowed from MJ Bridge towards Gandhi Statue to Dhoolpet. Other vehicles will not be allowed from MJ Bridge to Puranapool from 7 pm to 6 am, beginning Wednesday to Saturday.

Bus services of the state-run corporation were completely stopped at 35 of the MSRTC's 250 bus depots across the State

The Ganesh festival and idol immersion procession are launched after puja from this Ganesh pandal, which has been allocated the No.1 tag at Hanuman Nagar in the old city of Nalgonda.

Extending wishes for the festival, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said people worship Vighnaharta Lord Ganesh, the remover of obstacles.

P Koushal and D Sandeep of the 10th class said that they had learned about the perils of immersing idols laden with chemical paints and were made aware that these chemicals could prove fatal to aquatic life at this workshop.

BJP MLA Aravind Bellad and party workers held a protest at the Hubballi Dharwad municipal corporation commissioner's office, demanding permission to celebrate Ganesh festival at the Idgah Maidan.

The Ganesh festival committees of Kothagudem town and surrounding areas should first inform the concerned police station before setting up Ganesh Mandapams.