A colourful chariot procession was organised on Sunday August 31,  to mark the annual Hindu religious festival, the Vinayagar Chaturthi or Ganesh Chaturthi.

The lighted chariot, in which the deity Lord Ganesh sat, was drawn by devotees to the accompaniment of Nathaswaram music from the Navasakthi Vinayagar Temple on Quincy Street.

The procession, which lasted nearly two hours, moved from Quincy Street up along Revolution Avenue, Harrison Street and back to the temple down Lodge Street.

Sweets and other delicacies were distributed to the devotees during the procession.

The event, considered to be one of the most joyous occasions of the year for Hindus, is celebrated at all Hindu temples to mark the anniversary of the birth of the deity Lord Vinayagar, also called Lord Ganesh.

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