Mira Bhayandar recorded the immersion of 22,441 Ganpati and Gauri idols during this year’s festival, including 15,817 plaster-of-Paris idols, 6,395 Shadu clay idols and 229 idols taller than six feet, according to data released by the municipal corporation.
On Anant Chaturdashi, which fell on Friday, 3,749 idols were immersed across the city. The day’s figure included 176 public Ganpati idols measuring more than six feet in height. The municipal data covered both household and public idols, as well as Gauri idols immersed during the festival.
The figures indicate the scale of the civic operation required to manage immersion across Mira Bhayandar. Smaller idols were directed towards artificial ponds created by the administration, while larger idols were immersed in the creek using a Ro-Ro service. The report identified this as the first use of the Ro-Ro service for immersion of large idols in the creek.
The material-wise numbers also show the continuing presence of plaster-of-Paris idols alongside Shadu clay idols. Of the 22,441 idols and Gauri idols included in the municipal tally, 6,395 were recorded as Shadu idols and 15,817 as plaster-of-Paris idols. The corporation separately recorded 229 idols taller than six feet, indicating the additional handling and transport requirements associated with large public installations.
The use of artificial ponds for smaller idols and a Ro-Ro operation for larger idols points to a differentiated approach based on idol size. Such arrangements require the local administration to coordinate collection or movement, designated immersion points and access for public processions. The supplied municipal figures, however, do not provide details of the number of artificial ponds, the locations of immersion points, the operating capacity of the Ro-Ro service or the post-immersion treatment of idol material.
The total also includes the festival’s earlier immersion days, not only Anant Chaturdashi. The municipal corporation’s final count therefore combines household idols, public idols and Gauri idols across the full Ganesh festival period. The corporation has not, in the supplied report, provided a comparison with the previous year or stated whether the overall number increased or declined.
The latest figures establish the scale of the 2026 immersion operation in Mira Bhayandar and record the introduction of the Ro-Ro service for large idols. Further civic details, including the management of the artificial ponds and the handling of immersed material, remain to be provided by the municipal administration.
