he day of visarjan -- which happens to be the 11th day of Ganesh Puja in 2006 -- is truly the happiest day of the year for the city of Mumbai.
Joyful Ganesh bhaktas pour onto the streets, in millions, to bid their favourite god good-bye.
Offices close early and Mumbai's roads are packed out with processions of Ganeshas -- giant, medium and small -- making their way to the water's edge, instead of the usual rush hour traffic. Gulal (red colour) flies and music, song and dance happens. Ganesh Visarjan is Mumbai's biggest bash.
Above: Bidding Ganpatiji adieu till next year in Andheri, north Mumbai.
Photograph: Sanjay Sawant
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