The Bengaluru civic agency has permitted only three-day Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations in the city in public places from September 10 onwards against the Karnataka government's order allowing five days of festivities from that date in districts where the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is less than two per cent, to keep Covid-19 infections in check.

"Ganesha festival will not be allowed for more than three days in Bengaluru city. There should not be any procession while bringing the idol or during immersion," the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta said in a circular.