Visakhapatnam’s Ganesh pandals: one crore bangles, a Bhogapuram airport replica and ‘Peddi’
Visakhapatnam celebrated the Vinayaka Chavithi festival with elaborate pandals featuring unique themes, including replicas of a new airport and idols made from millions of bangles or Rudraksha beads. Residents participated in traditional rituals, cultural events, and community gatherings across the city.
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Visakhapatnam spent Vinayaka Chavithi the way it always does, at home in the morning and out on the roads by evening, walking from pandal to pandal. This year the pandals gave it plenty to walk to: a Ganesha of one crore bangles in Gajuwaka, one of a crore Rudraksha beads at China Waltair, one that dances, one styled after the film ‘Peddi’, and one that has arrived, on cue, as the new airport at Bhogapuram.
A Ganesh idol adorned with one crore Rudraksha beads at China Waltair in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak
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