This birthday, Lord Ganesha sports different looks from Army man to Cricketer

On Ganesh Chaturthi, people celebrated the festival across the country with different themes. Here is a coverage of the same brought to you exclusively by Express photographers. 
Military dressed Vinayagar on display at Pudupet for the Vinayagar chaturthi festival in Chennai on Monday. (Photo | EPS/R.Satish Babu)
Military dressed Vinayagar on display at Pudupet for the Vinayagar chaturthi festival in Chennai on Monday. (Photo | EPS/R.Satish Babu)
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An idol of Lord Ganesh with 25 heads at a puja pandal near Kalpana square in Bhubaneswar on Monday. (Photo | EPS/Biswanath Swain)
An idol of Lord Ganesh with 25 heads at a puja pandal near Kalpana square in Bhubaneswar on Monday. (Photo | EPS/Biswanath Swain)
Cricket style Vinayagar on display at Sowcarpet for the Vinayagar chaturthi festival in chennai on Monday. (Photo |  EPS/R.Satish Babu)
Cricket style Vinayagar on display at Sowcarpet for the Vinayagar chaturthi festival in chennai on Monday. (Photo | EPS/R.Satish Babu)
A small girl is made to sit on the lap of a Lord Ganesh statue during Vinayagar Chaturthi at Madurai. (Photo | EPS/ K K Sundar)
A small girl is made to sit on the lap of a Lord Ganesh statue during Vinayagar Chaturthi at Madurai. (Photo | EPS/ K K Sundar)
On Vinayagar chaturthi day, miniature artist U.M.T Raja designed a ganesha statue with the message 'save water' in Coimbatore on Monday. (Photo | EPS/A Raja Chidambaram)
On Vinayagar chaturthi day, miniature artist U.M.T Raja designed a ganesha statue with the message 'save water' in Coimbatore on Monday. (Photo | EPS/A Raja Chidambaram)
Local residents of Kasichetty street at Sowcarpet throng to have darshan of Ganesha installed to celebrate Vinayagar chavithi on Monday in Chennai. (Photo | EPS/P Jawahar)
Local residents of Kasichetty street at Sowcarpet throng to have darshan of Ganesha installed to celebrate Vinayagar chavithi on Monday in Chennai. (Photo | EPS/P Jawahar)
Devotees take a selfie with 36 feet tall Vinayagar statue made out of three lakh 'Rudraksha' at the Poombukar Nagar in Kolathur during the Vinayagar Chaturthi festival. (Photo | EPS/D Sampath Kumar)
Devotees take a selfie with 36 feet tall Vinayagar statue made out of three lakh 'Rudraksha' at the Poombukar Nagar in Kolathur during the Vinayagar Chaturthi festival. (Photo | EPS/D Sampath Kumar)
An artist takes a nap between clay idols of Lord Ganesh in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo | EPS/Shekhar Yadav)
An artist takes a nap between clay idols of Lord Ganesh in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo | EPS/Shekhar Yadav)
As part of Vinayagar Chaturthi, captive elephants are lined up at Theppakadu elephant camp in MTR in Nilgiris district. (Photo | EPS)
As part of Vinayagar Chaturthi, captive elephants are lined up at Theppakadu elephant camp in MTR in Nilgiris district. (Photo | EPS)
An idol of the lord Ganesha for Ganesh Chaturthi in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo | EPS/Shekhar Yadav)
An idol of the lord Ganesha for Ganesh Chaturthi in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo | EPS/Shekhar Yadav)

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