'Come Back Soon, Bappa': Devotees Bid Emotional Farewell On Fifth Day
Devotees across the country bid an emotional farewell to Lord Ganesha on the fifth day of Ganeshotsav, with chants, music and promises of his return next year
A devotee carries an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha on her head for immersion in an artificial pond on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
People offer prayers during the immersion of an idol of Lord Ganesh in a canal as part of the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival celebration on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood poses for photographers with an idol of lord Ganesh with others ahead of its immersion amid the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Devotees immerse an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in an artificial pond on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
A crane lifts an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha for immersion in an artificial pond on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
A volunteer immerses an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in an artificial pond on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
People offer prayers during the immersion of an idol of Lord Ganesh in a canal as part of the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival celebration on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
A volunteer immerses an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in an artificial pond on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
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