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India·Natural Disaster

Two children killed as giant Ganesha idol collapses on crowd in Mumbai

Monday, 24 August 2026, 06:37 · 1 min read

Two children were killed and five people injured after a massive Ganesha idol toppled onto a crowd during a religious procession in Mumbai, India. The accident occurred during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival (a major 10-day Hindu celebration in which devotees parade large clay idols of the elephant-headed deity through the streets before immersing them in the sea). The collapse highlights the safety risks posed by increasingly large ceremonial statues at one of India's most widely observed festivals.

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Al Jazeera EnglishTwo killed after giant Ganesha statue collapses onto crowd in Mumbai ↗︎
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