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#GanpatiVisarjan For a smooth & Safe #Visarjan #KolhapurMunicipal corporation has put into service a Mechanical Conveyor Belt to immerse Ganesh idols in water.#Technology & #Tradition#GanpatiBappaMorya#GaneshChaturthi2022#Visarjan#Kolhapur#Ganeshotsav2022 pic.twitter.com/fjWHOt4Ki3

कोल्हापुरातील गणपतींचे अत्याधुनिक पद्धतीने विसर्जन...! pic.twitter.com/01HLJ4yH5E

Kolhapur Municipal Corporation introduced an innovative technology for the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, installing a mechanical conveyor belt for the ritual of visarjan. To make the ritual “safe and smooth,” residents placed their Ganesha idols on the belt that automatically dropped them into the water. While people on social media admitted use of the machine was innovative, others thought it as “disrespectful”. Many opined human being should have been at the end of the belt to respectfully immerse the idol in the waterbody, calling the moment “horrendous.”

This is not how Visarjan should be done. I thought karyakartas would be there at the end of conveyer belt to immerse the idols in water. This is hørrendous.

This is a horrendous idea. We pray and take care of the Lord for the time he resides in our homes and now He is just dumped in the water. Not right at all. They should hire trained swimmers for immersion. Very sad.

Pretty sure the people making it and those implementing it have never immersed a single Ganesh idol in their life.

People have welcomed the move. Those who understand the concept, will never complain. For those "some" people, home immersion is the best option. We did it at home. Very convenient, homely affair and hassle free.