LORD OF THE DAY: Securitymen mill around a Vinayaka idol at Pattinapakkam beach
The idol immersion ceremony went off peacefully at Chennai city and in the suburbs with over 10,000 policemen and officers providing a massive security blanket.
The idols made it to the sea in their clay and paper mache `avatars.' Plaster of Paris idols were present despite a court ban and police checks. So were structures that went beyond the specified height of five feet and those coloured with paints made of banned substances. Two hydraulic cranes methodically lifting the idols and transferring them to the fishermen-turned Friends of Police volunteers.
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