While Hindu activists performed purification of the ground with gomutra (cow urine), a bomb squad conducted checks before the installation of an idol of Hindu Lord Ganesh at Hubballi Eidgah.
Ahead of next year's assembly election in Karnataka, Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations have turned into a hot button issue after Hindu outfits were allowed to install Ganesh idols in Hubballi Eidgah grounds while being rejected for the same in Bengaluru.
The Supreme Court of India Tuesday told the Karnataka government to maintain status quo for a few days, adding that Ganesh Chaturthi puja can be held somewhere else, instead of Eid-gah (Idgah) Maidan in Bengaluru s Chamarajpet.