Saturday, September 3, 2011

Ganesh Chaturthi: In Super pics 20

Ganesh Chaturthi: In Super pics 20

Today, Hindus across the world will be celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi. 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

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Indian idol makers add finishing touches to clay idols of Hindu elephant God Ganesh ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in New Delhi on August 30, 2011. The idols were being prepared for the popular twelve-day Hindu religious festival in India, which will be celebrated from September 1 to 11, 2011.


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An Indian woman carries an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha to be immersed in Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad


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Indian Bollywood actors Mahie Gill (L), Jimmy Shergill (C) and Randeep Hooda (R) pose with an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh on the occasion of the Hindu festival 'Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai on September 1, 2011


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Indian Bollywood actress Sambhavna Seth offers prayers to an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh on the occasion of the Hindu festival 'Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai on September 1, 2011.


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Indian Brahmins (holymen) offer prayers to an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh on the occasion of the Hindu festival 'Ganesh Chaturthi in Ahmedabad on September 1, 2011.


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Amaravadi Prabhakar Chary an Indian doctor, shows her collections of elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh idols showcased at an exhibition in Hyderabad on September 1, 2011, on the ocassion of 'Ganesh Chaturthi'.


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An artist holds an idol showing Lord Ganesha and Anna Hazare together ahead of Ganeshotsav.


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An artist gives Anna Hazare look to an idol of Lord Ganesh ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi.


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People offer prayers to Lord Ganseh on the occasion of Ganeshotsav in Coimbatore on Thursday


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A Ganesh idol is immersed in a makeshift Ulsoor lake tank on Ganesh Chaturthi in Bangalore on Thursday.


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A 121-kg silver idol of Lord Ganesh during a Ganesh Chaturthi procession in Hubli on Thursday.


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A Ganpati made of rice and pulses in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.


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A huge idol of Lord Ganesh being taken to a pandal during Ganesh Utsav in Satara, Maharashtra on Thursday


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A huge idol of Lord Ganesha being installed in a pandal during Ganesh Utsav in Hyderabad


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Members of Sarvajanik Ganesh Mandal carry idols of lord Ganesh to a pandal on the occasion of Ganesh festival in Karad, Maharashtra


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People carrying an idol of Lord Ganesh to a pandal on the occasion of Ganesh festival in Ahmedabad


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People carrying idols of Lord Ganesh to home on the occasion of Ganesh festival in Karad, Maharashtra


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Orissa based sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik creates a sand sculpture of Hindu elephant God, Lord Ganesh and anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare in Bangalore prior to Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturth


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A man dressed as a Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, rides a motorcycle on a road in the southern Indian city of Chennai


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Devotees carry statues of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion in the sea on the last day of "Ganesh Chaturthi" in Mumbai


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Devotees prepare to immerse an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in the waters of the Sabarmati river in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad


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