With pomp and show, devotees bid adieu to Lord Ganesh in Mumbai
Elaborately-decorated giant Ganesha idols were sent out to sea off Mumbai on Sunday as millions of Indian Hindus marked the end of a major festival celebrating the elephant-headed deity. (Photo: Debasish Dey )- Security was tight with 45,000 police officers on the streets and Kulkarni said that by late evening operations were going smoothly. (Photo: Satej Shinde)
- Bollywood actors Rajiv Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor gestures during the immersion of R K Studio Lord Ganesh, on the occasion 11th day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival at RK Films and Studio, Chembur in Mumbai. (Photo: Rajesh Jadav)
- Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni said an estimated three million people were out in Mumbai on Sunday to bid farewell to Ganesha for another year. (Photo: Rajesh Jadav)
- At the start of the festival, families bring the idols, which depict the one-tusked, four-armed Ganesha sitting holding a sweet delicacy, to their houses. (Photo: Rajesh Jadav)
- The festival is celebrated annually across India and is marked by Hindus in every corner of the globe. In pic, actor Nana Patekar celebrates Ganpati festival at his home. (Photo: Satej Shinde)
- The lavish celebration, which also saw singing and dancing on the streets, brought to a close a hugely popular 11-day religious celebration that honours Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and the goddess Parvati. (Photo: Debasish Dey)
- Devotees ritually immersed in water thousands of exquisitely designed statues of the Hindu god, some 24-feet tall, at beaches up and down the coast of India's commercial capital. (Photo: Debashish Dey)
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Elaborately-decorated giant Ganesha idols were sent out to sea off Mumbai on Sunday as millions of Indian Hindus marked the end of a major festival celebrating the elephant-headed deity. (Photo: Debasish Dey )
With pomp and show, devotees bid adieu to Lord Ganesh in Mumbai
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