Coimbatore: Every year in Valparai, hundreds of Vinayagar idols are installed in both urban areas and tea estates. Later the idols are taken to rivers for Visarjan with dance and cultural programmes. Due to COVID-19, this year the government banned placing idols in public places and the visarjan process.
Coimbatore: Every year in Valparai, hundreds of Vinayagar idols are installed in both urban areas and tea estates. Later the idols are taken to rivers for Visarjan with dance and cultural programmes. Due to COVID-19, this year the government banned placing idols in public places and the visarjan process.
Thus Hindus living in Gagan colony in New Market area in Valparai headed out together to perform visarjan of the idols placed in their homes. But police officers led by Valparai DSP Vivekanandan stopped them and instructed them to go individually to perform visarjan in the river.
Following this police were deployed for security from the New Market area to the Nadumalai River. They allowed the people to go one by one to perform visarjan in the river. Valparai DSP Vivekanandan. Police Inspector Maheshwari. Valparai Tahsildharr Rajan and Grama Nirbhaya Officer Vijay Amirtaraj supervised the proceedings.
Thus Hindus living in Gagan colony in New Market area in Valparai headed out together to perform visarjan of the idols placed in their homes. But police officers led by Valparai DSP Vivekanandan stopped them and instructed them to go individually to perform visarjan in the river.
Following this police were deployed for security from the New Market area to the Nadumalai River. They allowed the people to go one by one to perform visarjan in the river. Valparai DSP Vivekanandan. Police Inspector Maheshwari. Valparai Tahsildharr Rajan and Grama Nirbhaya Officer Vijay Amirtaraj supervised the proceedings.