An idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh, imitating anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on hunger strike, is displayed in Ahmadabad, India Credit: Ajit Solanki/AP ...

India gears up to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi on August 27, 2025, a festival promoting unity and devotion. The Chaturthi Tithi ...

Ganesh Chaturthi is grand 10-day Hindu festival celebrating birth of Lord Ganesha, remover of obstacles god of wisdom, marked ...

Last weekend, millions of South Asians the world over, including Toronto, welcomed one of the most celebrated, loved, revered Hindu deities of all time: Lord Ganesh. Also known internationally as the ...

In Hindu culture, Ganesh Chathurthi, the festival for the elephant god of beginnings or Lord Ganesha, symbolizes the destruction of all obstacles. Ganesha is also known as the god of knowledge and ...

An artist works on an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha inside a workshop ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.

Dangling at the bottom of the beaded accessory is the idol of Lord Ganesh, also known as Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu deity with a sweet tooth who represents wisdom and success.

More than 500 people, including many in traditional Indian dress, turned out Sunday to celebrate the close of the annual festival honoring the god Ganesh — or Ganesha — at the Suntree temple ...

In Hinduism, Lord Ganesh is worshiped as god of wisdom and remover of obstacles, and is often invoked before the beginning of any major undertaking. Zed asked the Arkansas-based retailer to send ...

Ganesh Chaturthi Special Baby Names: Lord Ganesh, also known as Ganesha and Ganapati is a much-loved, elephant-headed Hindu God. According to Hindu mythology, he is the son of Goddess Parvati and ...

Alabama Life & Culture As Birmingham Museum of Art celebrates Hindu culture, activist objects to elephant god souvenir keychain Updated: Feb. 21, 2023, 2:45 p.m. | Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 2:01 p.m.

A Nevada-based Hinduism group demands an apology from a Charlotte company for its leggings that depict the deity Lord Ganesh. The group says the yoga leggings insult the world’s oldest religion.