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Mumbai, Sep 10 (EFE/EPA).- Hindu devotees began Friday with the celebrations of the Ganesha Chaturthi festival, which commemorates the birth of the Hindu elephant-headed god.This festival lasts for 10 days and according to tradition, devotees immerse Ganeshas in rivers and seas, especially in the southern and western states of the country.(Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI)SHOT LIST: GANESHA CHATURTHI FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Bangalore, India, Aug 1 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jadeesh NV) An Indian artist gives the finishing touch to the idols of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha, ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi festival, at a roadside workshop in Bangalore, India. Ganesha Chaturthi or Ganesha Festival is a day on which Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees. It is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha. The festival is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhadrapada, starting on the Shukla Chaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon period) and this year festival will be celebrated on 22 August 2020.FOOTAGE OF THE IDOLS.
Kolkata, Oct 14 (EFE/EPA).- Hindu devotees performed Thursday the Kumari Puja rituals as part of the Durga Puja Hindu festival.During the Kumari Puja, devotees worship a girl aged between six and twelve, symbolizing the Kanya Kumari (virgin) form of the Goddess Durga Devi. Hindu devotees believe that Kanya is a living embodiment of the goddess Durga. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES PERFORM THE KUMARI PUJA RITUAL AS PART OF THE DURGA PUJA HINDU FESTIVAL, AT NANDI BARI FAR NORTH OF KOLKATA, INDIA.
Bangalore, Oct 8 (EFE / EPA) .- Dozens of images of Hindu goddess Durga have been exhibited at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Gallery in Bangalore as part of the preparations ahead of the Durga Puja festival, celebrated with fervor in the eastern state of Benga.Goddess Durga symbolizes feminine power, flanked by her two daughters and her two sons, and the body of a mythological demon under her feet which she is known to have triumphed over.(Camera: JAGADEESH NV)SHOT LIST: DURGA GODDESS EXHIBITION AT THE KARNATAKA CHITRAKALA PARISHATH GALLERY IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
Mumbai (India), Sept 11 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Divyakant Solanki) Ganesha Chaturthi is one of the biggest Hindu festivals which is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha. The festival is a ten-day-long event, which is celebrated all over India. The idols of the Hindu deity are worshipped at hundreds of pandals or makeshift tents as well as at home before they are immersed into water bodies.FOOTAGE OF THE CELEBRATIONS IN MUMBAI.