Mangalore : Huge number of devotees participated in the grand ‘Shobha Yatra’ of Ganesha idol installed under the joint aegis of Ganeshotsav Samiti and Siddi Vinayak Prathisthana at Omkara Nagar Bunts Hostel on Aug 31, Sunday.

The colorful Shobhayatra under the leadership of managing trustee Maladi Ajith Kumar Rai Kodialguthu, commenced from Omkara Nagar and passed through Bunts Hostel Circle, P.V.S, Dongarkeri, Newchitra theatre, Carstreet, Venkataramana temple and culminated at Carstreet after the idol is immersed in Mahammayee Temple Lake.

The procession was flagged off by Mumbai Bunts Sangha president C A Shankar and Bangalore Bunts Sangha president Dr Naresh Shetty.

Former minister B Nagaraj Shetty, Prathibhaneshwana convener Asha Jyoti Rai, Manjunath Bhandary Shiddai, Nitteguthu Raviraj Shetty, Krishna Prasad Rai Bellipady, K. Balakrishna Shetty Bellibettu Guthu, Sarvajanika Ganeshotsava Samithi president Ulipady Gutthu Rajesh Naik, general secretary Diwakar Samani, Treasurer Krishnaraj Sulaya, Shashiraj Shetty Kolambe, Srinivas Alva, Suresh Rai, Sandeep Shetty, Umesh Rai, Jagannath Shetty Bala and others were present.

The procession of idol was accompanied with colourful tableaux, chande and over 50 groups of Bhajan troupe.