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- The nine-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival, known as Vinayaka Chavithi locally, began across Telangana on Monday, September 14, 2026.
- Lakhs of Lord Ganesha idols were installed at homes, apartment complexes and road corners in Hyderabad and other towns and villages in the State.
- A 69-ft tall idol named 'Pancha Mukha Sankata Hara Maha Ganapati' was installed at the Khairatabad pandal in Hyderabad as the major attraction this year.
- Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla offered prayers at the giant idol, and leaders including Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Union Ministers G. Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar wished devotees on the occasion.
- The idols will be immersed in water bodies after nine days, with thousands set to be immersed in Hussain Sagar lake and other lakes and tanks in Hyderabad, a large-scale event that the government and police have made elaborate arrangements to conduct smoothly.
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- Crowd and security arrangements during the nine days of festivities, for which the government and police have made elaborate plans.
- The scale and management of idol immersions in Hussain Sagar and other lakes and tanks in Hyderabad at the end of the festival.
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