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Indian devotees in the UK performed Ganesh Visarjan on a boat, and the viral video with 1.6M views triggered mixed reactions on Instagram.(Instagram\/sandeep_anthwal) <\/p>\nPublished on: Sept 06, 2025 02:29 pm IST <\/p>\n
A video showed Indian devotees performing Ganesh Visarjan on a UK river, sparking debate online. <\/p>\n
The ten-day Ganeshotsav is drawing to a close with the grand Ganesh Visarjan rituals being performed across the country. Amidst the celebrations, one video from the United Kingdom has captured widespread attention online. The clip shows a group of Indian devotees carrying out the traditional immersion ceremony on a river, with swans gliding past the boat.<\/p>\n
Indian devotees in the UK performed Ganesh Visarjan on a boat, and the viral video with 1.6M views triggered mixed reactions on Instagram.(Instagram\/sandeep_anthwal) <\/p>\n
(Also read: Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant welcome \u2018Antilia Cha Raja\u2019 home for Ganesh Chaturthi. Watch<\/a>)<\/p>\n Viral video from the United Kingdom<\/p>\n The video, shared on Instagram by user Sandeep Anthwal, has already garnered over 1.6 million views. It shows a group of Indian devotees in traditional attire on a boat immersing a Ganesh idol in the river. The visuals have left many viewers both fascinated and divided.<\/p>\n Take a look here at the clip:<\/p>\n Online reactions and growing debate<\/p>\n The video has sparked a lively debate on social media. While some praised the cultural expression in a foreign land, others questioned the environmental aspect of immersions in rivers abroad. One user commented, \u201cThis is such a beautiful display of culture. It feels like home away from home.\u201d Another remarked, \u201cWhy are people polluting rivers abroad in the name of tradition?\u201d<\/p>\n Many others joined the discussion with contrasting perspectives. \u201cWatching the swans swim so close to the idol is magical,\u201d a user observed, while another countered, \u201cTradition should not come at the cost of harming aquatic life.\u201d One comment read, \u201cGanesh Chaturthi is meant to spread joy, not controversy,\u201d and another added, \u201cThis shows how deeply rooted Indian culture is, no matter where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n (Also read:\u20b915 crore, to Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja”> Anant Ambani donates 20-kg gold crown, valued at \u20b915 crore, to Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u201cThe devotion on their faces speaks volumes,\u201d said one Instagram user. Another wrote, \u201cIt is heartening to see our traditions being celebrated with such dignity far from India.\u201d<\/p>\n See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on: Sept 06, 2025 02:29 pm IST A video showed Indian devotees performing Ganesh Visarjan on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,130009,138793,4884,138794,1144,712,16,1259,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-402536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-ganesh-chaturthi","12":"tag-ganesh-visarjan","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-indian-traditions","15":"tag-northern-ireland","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-uk-news","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115157159534026590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/story_trending@2x.png\" "\\"\\"\/")
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