Communal harmony marks Vinayaka idol immersion
| Source: VSK- CHENNAI Date: 9/24/2012 2:25:37 PM |
TRICHY, 24 Sept 2012 : A much-awaited third day procession of Vinayaka Chathurthi festival followed by the immersion of idols passed off peacefully with a rousing reception from leaders from all religions in Trichy later in the evening on Friday. Moreover, thousands of devotees were in a jubilant mood as the water from Mettur dam reached Cauvery on Thursday itself.
In an initiative to ensure communal harmony, the city police led by commissioner Shailesh Kumar Yadav, for the first time, organized a warm reception to the processions at Gandhi Market area in the evening. Religious leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Hindu communities participated enthusiastically by distributing sweets. It was a move that surprised all as it happened for the first time in Trichy.
Arrangements were made on Cauvery Bridge from where the idols were immersed in the river.
Vinayaka Chathurthi fever caught up in Trichy a month ago with the preparation of colourful idols of Lord Vinayaka. Meanwhile, the festival organisers were also locking horns as some of them felt that the immersion on a Friday was inauspicious. With strict orders from the city police commissioner to take up the procession and immersion on Friday, this year's Chathurthi celebrations came to a peaceful end on Friday.
The police decided to impose a cut-off in the number of committees and allowed 174 committees to take part in the procession and immersion. Yadav did not allow increasing of the number of committees as permitted last year. He suggested that the new committees join the nearest committees. Traffic diversions came into effect from Friday evening to ensure peaceful and congestion-free procession. The police ordered the organisers to start the procession by 4 pm, but the commencement was delayed by half an hour. The organisers were told to complete the immersion by 11 pm on Friday. A large posse of police personnel were deployed for security.
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