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A ten-day festival when idols of Lord Ganesha are installed at temples and homes and eventually immersed into a river, sea or ocean.
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Devotees carry an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into the Bay of Bengal for its immersion during the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Chennai, India, August 27, 2017. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar
A devotee carries the head of an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, after it was immersed into the Bay of Bengal during the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Chennai, India, August 27, 2017. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar
A volunteer immerses an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into a pond on the second day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade
A devotee carries an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, to immerse it into the Arabian Sea on the second day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade
A man transports an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on a makeshift raft after it was immersed in a pond on the second day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, India, August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into a pond on the second day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade
A Hindu priest (2nd R) helps women to perform prayers near an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Kolkata, India August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
An idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, is loaded onto a supply truck to be transported to a place of worship on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, India August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Devotees transport an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on a handcart to a place of worship on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Devotees transport an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on a handcart to a place of worship on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
A devotee transports an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in a taxi to a place of worship on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
A drummer strikes the Dhol, a folk drum from Maharashtra, India, at Bharathiya Temple to celebrate the first day of Ganesha Chaturthi in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 24, 2017. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar