Hindus Mark Festival
Devotees gathered in Nasese, Suva yesterday to take part in the submersion of Lord Ganesha’s idol which marked the final day of Ganesh Utsav.
Wednesday 02 September 2020 | 10:51
Hundreds of Hindu devotees from the Laxmi Narayan Temple during the Ganpati Visarjan (final Lord Ganesh Utsav prayer ritual of farewell of Lord Ganesh idol) in Suva on September 1, 2020. Photo: Ronald Kumar
Devotees gathered in Nasese, Suva yesterday to take part in the submersion of Lord Ganesha’s idol which marked the final day of Ganesh Utsav.
Hundreds of devotees danced through the streets of Suva wearing colourful clothes and took Lord Ganesha’s idol all the way to Nasese.
Shree Laxmi Narayan Temple priest Jayendra Kumar said because of the COVID-19 restrictions each group was given an hour to conduct their rituals.
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Hundreds of Hindu devotees from Laxmi Narayan Temple during the Ganpati Visarjan (final Lord Ganesh Utsav prayer ritual of farewell of Lord Ganesh idol) at Suva foreshore on September 1, 2020. Photo: Ronald Kumar.
“Everyone followed the COVID-19 guidelines where only 100 people per group came to perform the ritual for an hour.”
Vikashni Lal, 37 said that she had downloaded the careFIJI app before attending the final ritual.
“I downloaded the careFiji app before coming to the final ritual to be safe during the celebration,” she said.
Edited by Ranoba Baoa
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