IN PHOTOS | A creative Chaturthi: Ganesha idols made from vels and pineapples

Devotees welcomed Lord Ganesha on Wednesday in their homes and pooja pandals with fervour, marking the commencement of the ten-day festival which is being celebrated without any COVID-19 restrictions after two years. Taking their creativity a notch higher each year, the faithful designed and decorated creative Ganesh idols and statues of all kinds this festive season. (Photo | PTI)

Taking their creativity a notch higher each year, devotees designed and decorated creative Ganesh idols and statues of all kinds this festive season. IN PHOTO: Girls worship a tree-Ganesha as part of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations organised by Bakul Foundation at Forest Park in Odisha's Bhubaneswar. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS) 

Devotees welcomed Lord Ganesha on Wednesday in their homes and pooja pandals with fervour, marking the commencement of the ten-day festival which is being celebrated without any COVID-19 restrictions after two years. (Photo | PTI)

The 'Khetwadicha Mahaganpati' is all decked up in Khetwadi in Mumbai. The 35-feet idol in the form of Vinayaki Devi, a lesser known female avatar of Hindu god Lord Ganesha, is draped in a saree and adorned with golden ornaments. (Photo | PTI)

A rather interesting Lord Ganesha is seen in Chennai's Triplicane. (Photo | EPS)

A 12-feet tall Vinayagar idol made with one-and-a-half ton pineapples at Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)

Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan visits the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, in Mumbai. (Photo | PTI)

Pained by the sight of broken plaster of Paris Ganesha idols lying scattered at river banks after Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, artist Nimish Gautam from Rajasthan's Kota is seen making 500 clay sculptures of the elephant-headed god that he will be distributing for free. (Photo | PTI)

The 50-ft Ganesha idol in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Telangana is seen pictured. (Photo | PTI)

Devotees worship an elephant on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, at a temple of Lord Ganesha in Guwahati, Assam. (Photo | PTI)

Idols of Lord Ganesha seen with idols of President Draupadi Murmu, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi sculpted by artist Revanna from Kumbarageri, Mysuru. (Photo | Udayashankar S, EPS)

A 40-feet tall Vinayagar idol made of vels (the javelin carried by Lord Murugan) erected at Moogambigai Nagar Junction in Kolathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)

A rough diamond in seen in the shape of Lord Ganesha in Surat. (Photo | PTI)

People stand in front of a giant Ganesha idol at WB road in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)

A 102-foot tall Lord Ganesha idol set up at Dondaparthy in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. (Photo | G Satyanarayana, EPS)

Priests carry a seventy-kg heavy 'Kolukattai' to the top of Rock fort as part of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Tiruchy. (Photo | EPS)

A child dressed up as Lord Hanuman near the Khairatabad Ganesh pandal on Ganesh Chathurthi in Hyderabad. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with his wife Sadhna Singh carries an idol of Lord Ganesha for installation at their residence, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi in Bhopal. (Photo | PTI)

Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff performs Ganesh Puja at his residence on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, at Bandra in Mumbai. (Photo | PTI)