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Hindu devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed god Ganesha into the water on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, on Sept. 23, 2012. During the festival, millions of Hindus gather along the western city's coast to immerse the elephant-god idols in the Arabian sea.
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Devotees pray in front of an idol of the Hindu God Ganesha in Ahmadabad, India, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day-long Ganesh festival began Wednesday and ends with the immersion of idols in water on the 10th day.
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A Hindu devotee carries an idol of the Hindu God Ganesha during a procession in Jammu, India, Sept. 19.
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Hindu devotees dance with an idol of Hindu God Ganesha as they take part in a Ganesha Chaturti festival procession in Mumbai, India, Sept. 19.
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Artists give finishing touches to an idol of the Hindu God Ganesha on the occasion of the Ganesha Chatruthi festival in Mumbai, India, Sept. 19.
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Hindu devotees struggle against a wave as they carry an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha for immersion on the fifth day of the ten-day long festival Ganesh Chaturthi, in Mumbai, India, on September 5.
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Women with their faces covered in colored powder gather on the sea shore to watch as people immerse statues of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai on September 5.
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People carry an idol of Ganesha into the Arabian Sea in Mumbai on September 5.
AFP and Reuters report:
The ten day Ganesh Chaturthi festival sees millions of Hindus gathering to see the elephant-god idols immersed in a river or the sea, symbolizing a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind.
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