Hindu devotees immerse an idol of Lord Ganesh in a water body on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi festival in Bhopal, the capital city of India's Madhya Pradesh state, Sept. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Stringer).
NEW DELHI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The 10-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival ended on Friday in India with the immersion of the idol of the Hindu god Ganesh. Every year, the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea, on the 14th day of the lunar fortnight.
Hindu devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesh for immersion in a water body on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi festival in Bhopal, the capital city of India's Madhya Pradesh state, Sept. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Stringer)
An idol of Lord Ganesh is being lifted by a crane for immersion in a water body on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi festival in Bhopal, the capital city of India's Madhya Pradesh state, Sept. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Stringer)
Hindu devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesh for immersion in a water body on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi festival in Bhopal, the capital city of India's Madhya Pradesh state, Sept. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Stringer)
Hindu devotees immerse idols of Lord Ganesh in a water body on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi festival in Bhopal, the capital city of India's Madhya Pradesh state, Sept. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Stringer)
People all over Maharashtra take their Ganesh idols for immersion to mark the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in India's Mumbai on Sept. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Stringer)
People all over Maharashtra take their Ganesh idols for immersion to mark the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in India's Mumbai on Sept. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Stringer) ■
