Ganeshotsav 2017: Devotees across India bid adieu to Lord Ganesh
Devotees all across India take part in the immersion of Lord Ganesha on the final day of the 10-day festival.
An idol brought to the riverside to the accompaniment drums, cymbals, with thousands dancing and chanting 'Ganpati Bappa Moraya, Pudhchya Varshi Lavkar Ya' (Lord Ganesha bless us, come soon next year). (EPS | Sunitha Natti)
Devotees stand around a giant idol of the elephant-headed god Ganesha before it is immersed in the water on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. (EPS | Sunitha Natti)
Devotees in Mumbai prepare to immerse an idol of Lord Ganesha in the water.(EPS | Sunitha Natti)
An idol of Ganesha is taken in a procession for immersion in the Mumbai lake on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival. (EPS | Sunitha Natti)
A girl wears a mask of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha while take part in a procession in Hyderabad. (Photo | AP)
Devotees offer prayers as they prepare to immerse an idol in a temporary pond near the River Ganges in Allahabad. (Photo | AP)
A crane lifts a giant idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha for immersion in the river Sabarmati in Ahmedabad. (Photo | AP)
Devotees perform rituals before the immersion of an idol of Lord Ganesha, on the banks of river Yamuna in New Delhi. (Photo | AP)
