As many as 17,187 idols of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Gauri have been immersed in various water bodies on Tuesday the seventh day of the 10-day Ganpati festival in Maharashtra officials said

As many as 17,187 idols of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Gauri have been immersed in various water bodies here on the seventh day of the 10-day Ganpati festival, civic officials said on Tuesday.

No untoward incident was reported during the immersion of idols on the festival’s seventh day on Monday, a civic official said.

Out of the 17,187 idols, 15,243 were household Ganesh idols, 1,758 ‘sarvajanik (public) idols and 186 of Goddess Gauri, the official said.