After Karnataka High Court allowed the installation of Ganesh idol at Idgah Maidan in Hubballi, members of the Rani Chennamma Maidan Gajanan Utsav Mahamandal installed the idol of Lord Ganesh for the first time at the space on Wednesday and large number of people including scores of BJP leaders took part in the ‘Maha Mangalarati’ later in the evening.
As a precautionary measure, a huge posse of police personnel and contingents of Rapid Action Force were deployed at the Idgah Maidan. A large part of Idgah Maidan has been barricaded, preventing entry of people towards the qibla wall. Barricades have also been placed around the qibla wall and police personnel are keeping vigil over it.
On Wednesday night, bhajans were sung after ‘maha mangalarati’ to Lord Ganesh’s idol led by Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, Ministers Halappa Achar and Shankar Patil Munenakoppa, MLA Arvind Bellad and others. A large number of people including women took part in the singing of bhajans and ‘maha mangalarati’.
