India, Aug. 24 -- The mood was sombre in Bhuleshwar on Saturday, the day after a 22-foot Ganpati idol, the Bhuleshwarcha Raja, collapsed during its arrival procession and killed two individuals and left five injured.

Hundreds gathered for the last rites of the victims at Chandanwari crematorium at Marine Lines. The accident had turned what was meant to be a festive welcome for Bappa into a day of grief. The Bhuleshwar market remained shut on Sunday.

Tragedy struck at around 9.51pm on Saturday near Jai Ambe Chowk, not far from the famous Bhuleshwar Cha Raja Ganpati Mandal, where the idol was to be installed. The plaster of Paris (POP) idol was being brought from a workshop in Byculla when its garland first fell and a portion of the idol ...