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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.
Mumbai, Aug 22 (EFE/EPA).- People in the western state of Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai Saturday decorated their homes with flowers and lamps for the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi, one of India's major festivals which runs for 10 days.Revelers in Mumbai transported home on huge trucks idols of the elephant-headed god Ganesha, also known as Ganpati, where they will be worshipped for the next 10 days and then immersed in water to mark the end of the festival.During the 10 days of Ganesh Chaturthi, Mumbai is the scene of various festivities including people visiting "pandals" - tent-like structures in which idols are placed - and worshipping the god with prayers and rituals at home.Lord Ganesha is one of the most popular and revered gods in the Hindu pantheon of divinities, and is considered a shield against evil. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: GANESH CHATURTHI FESTIVAL IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Mumbai, Sep 11 (EFE/EPA).- India celebrated Saturday the Ganesha Chaturthi festival, 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. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES PRAY AND CARRY AN IDOL OF THE ELEPHANT-HEADED HINDU GOD LORD GANESHA FOR IMMERSION INTO AN ARTIFICIAL POND AS PART OF A RITUAL IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Bangalore, Sep 8 (EFE/EPA).- Hindu devotees shopped Wednesday in Bangalore's local markets ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi, one of the biggest Hindu festivals celebrated in honor of the god Ganesha for ten days throughout India. During the festival, Ganesha idols are installed and worshiped in temporary public shrines as well as at home. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV)SHOT LIST: PEOPLE SHOPPING AT A MARKET AHEAD OF GANESHA CHATURTHI FESTIVAL IN BANGALORE, 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.
Mumbai (India), 1 Sep (EFE/EPA) (Camera: Divyakant Solanki) - Hindus celebrated the last day of the festival for Ganesha on Tuesday with water rituals, as tradition dictates.FOOTAGE OF THE FESTIVAL TO THE GOD GANESHA IN MUMBAI, INDIA
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