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Mass envenomation during Ganesh idol immersion at Girgaum-Chowpathy beach, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Title Mass envenomation during Ganesh idol immersion at Girgaum-Chowpathy
beach, Mumbai, Maharashtra
 
Creator Purushottama, G B
Deshmukh, V D
Singh, V V
Ramkumar, S
Syamala, Karthireddy
 
Subject Invertebrata
 
Description At the end of South-West monsoon along
Mumbai coast a swarm of the box jelly fish,
Chiropsoides buitendijki was observed during
Ganesh idol immersion at Girgaum-Chowpathy
beach, Mumbai on 10th September, 2013. The
occurrence of such large number of jelly fishes
coincided with Ganesh idol immersion, perhaps for
the first time in Mumbai waters. Several devotees
of Ganesh who congregated at Girgaum-Chowpathy
beach for immersion ritual of Ganesh idol were stung
by the jelly fish. According to the news paper
reports, the devotees moved with the idol in ankledeep
water for immersion and immediately thin
tentacle-like threads pierced legs and ankles causing
severe burning sensation.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9941/1/23.pdf
Purushottama, G B and Deshmukh, V D and Singh, V V and Ramkumar, S and Syamala, Karthireddy (2013) Mass envenomation during Ganesh idol immersion at Girgaum-Chowpathy beach, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical & Extension Series (218). pp. 34-35.