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Hindu devotees celebrate "Ganesh Chaturthi" festival
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-09-04 16:37
Hindu devotees celebrate

Hindu devotees pull idols of elephant-headed god "Ganesh" for immersion in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai September 3, 2009. Clay statues of Ganesh are made two to three months before the day of "Ganesh Chaturthi", a popular religious festival in India. The idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, to be immersed in a river or the sea symbolizing a ritual see-off of his journey towards his abode in "Kailash", while taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. [Agencies]
Hindu devotees celebrate