For 10 days, they sing, dance, chant and pray at the feet of Ganesh statues, then submerge them in water. The festival was once used to circumvent British rule.

An artist naps during a break from crafting statues of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha inside a workshop ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.

Stern said some of her Hindu customers use the edible statues to honor the deity. "Somebody I know bought a bunch of them for a Hindu wedding shower, and there were the elder Hindu ladies who said ...

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Fishermen carry the statues of the head of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, as they try to help the statues float out into the sea in the southern Indian city of ChennaiCredit: REUTERS/Babu ...

Devotees prepare to immerse in an artificial pond an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh in Mumbai, India, Aug. 23. India's coronavirus caseload topped 3 million that day, with the country ...

On India's west coast, revelers hoist up statues of an elephant-headed god, and parade them toward the Arabian Sea. They sing and chant, and hand out food to bystanders. For 10 days, they perform ...

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 ...