Anant Chaturdashi 2019: Twitterati extends greeting on social media

Anant Chaturdashi is celebrated and observed by Hindus and Jains. Chaturdashi is the 14th day of the lunar fortnight. This festival is celebrated 10 days after Ganesh Chaturthi. In parts of Eastern U.P and Bihar, Anant Chaturdashi is closely linked to kshirsagar (Ocean of Milk) and Lord Vishnu's Anant Roopa. This year, Anant Chaturdashi is being celebrated on 12 September along with Ganesh Visarjan. The idols of Lord Ganesha across the country are also immersed on this day.

Netizens took to social media platform, Twitter and extended their greeting. This is how the internet celebrated Anant Chaturdashi on Twitter.

More than 50,000 police personnel will be deployed across the financial capital of the country on Thursday to ensure that Ganesh idol immersion processions pass off without any untoward incident, police said on Wednesday. Key routes of processions will be monitored by drones, an official said. The 'Anant Chaturdashi' day, which falls on September 12 this year, marks conclusion of the ten-day Ganesh festival in Maharashtra.

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