Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Hyderabad Ganesh Festival to Run 12 Days, Immersion September 25
Hyderabad’s Ganesh festival will last 12 days this year.
It will start on September 14.
The idols will be immersed in water on September 25.
This date is Ananta Chaturdashi, an important day for the festival.
The organizers said the schedule was chosen with help from religious scholars.
Flags will be raised at festival sites on September 17.
People will also sing “Vande Mataram” and take an oath about Hyderabad.
Around 1.5 lakh mandapams, or festival platforms, are expected.
Organizers have also created an IT committee and started signing up volunteers online.
The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi said idol immersion will take place on September 25, Ananta Chaturdashi.
The festival will begin on September 14 with Vinayaka Chavithi celebrations lasting 12 days.
The samithi attributed the longer schedule to Ananta Chaturdashi falling on a Friday.
National flags will be hoisted at mandapams on September 17, alongside singing of “Vande Mataram.”
About 1.5 lakh mandapams are expected, while online volunteer registration and a new IT committee have been introduced.
- Who
- The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi, pandal organizers, devotees and volunteers.
- What
- A 12-day Ganesh festival will culminate in mass idol immersion.
- When
- The festival begins September 14 and immersion is scheduled for September 25; flags will be hoisted on September 17.
- Where
- Hyderabad, across the city’s mandapams.
- Why
- The immersion date was selected because Ananta Chaturdashi falls on a Friday, with guidance from religious scholars.
- Festival start
- September 14, on Vinayaka Chavithi
- Immersion date
- September 25, on Ananta Chaturdashi
- Festival duration
- 12 days instead of the usual 11
- Expected mandapams
- Around 1.5 lakh
- September 17 programme
- National Flag hoisting and singing of “Vande Mataram”
- New initiative
- BGUS has formed an IT committee and begun online volunteer registration
- Upcoming meeting
- A meeting with the police department was scheduled for Friday