Devotees gathered at Marve Jetty in Malad West and the historic Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar, Mumbai, on Saturday, October 10, to perform Tarpan and Pind Daan rituals for their ancestors on Sarva Pitru Amavasya, the final day of Pitru Paksha. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE AND ASHISH RAJE)

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has installed barricades and water pumps at Mumbai’s historic Banganga Tank and restricted the immersion of ritual offerings to prevent water pollution, days after hundreds of fish died at the site on October 5. The measures come as devotees gather at the 12th-century tank in Walkeshwar to perform ancestral rituals ahead of Sarva Pitru Amavasya, the final day of Pitru Paksha. (PICS/ ASHISH RAJE)