The Ganpati festival culminated on Friday, September 9, as thousands of devotees immersed idols of Lord Ganesha at various designated spots across the country.
A Cleanathon was organised following the immersion of Lord Ganesha idols at Mumbai's Juhu beach.
IMAGE: Volunteers from different organisations clean the Juhu beach. All Photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar, third from right, Bollywood actors Anupam Kher, Parineeti Chopra, right, and banker-singer Amruta Fadnavis, whose husband Devendra is Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, second from left, seated, and others take part in the clean up drive.
IMAGE: Volunteers clean Juhu beach.
IMAGE: Thousands of devotees took part in the visarjan at Juhu beach.
IMAGE: Volunteers can be seen cleaning up the Juhu beach.
IMAGE: BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation staffers and NGO volunteers clean up the beach in the during the cleanathon.
IMAGE: Children too participated in the cleanathon too.
IMAGE: Television actor Tina Datta, fourth from right, along with volunteers at Aksa beach in Malad, north west Mumbai.
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