In Photos: Devotees Across India Bid Farewell To Lord Ganesha

Grand processions, traditional music, dancing and chants fill streets across India as communities come together to celebrate faith, devotion and the festival’s emotional farewell

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and others during the immersion ceremony of Lord Ganesh on the second day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra during the immersion ceremony of Lord Ganesh on the second day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI

A woman looks on at an idol of Lord Ganesh on the second day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI

A man carries an idol of Lord Ganesh for immersion in the River Ganga, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra

A man immerses an idol of Lord Ganesh on the second day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Navi Mumbai. | Photo: PTI

A person immerses an idol of Lord Ganesh in an artificial pond at Shivaji Park after one-and-a-half days of worship during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil

A person immerses an idol of Lord Ganesh in a canal during the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival, on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma

People prepare to immerse an idol of Lord Ganesh in a canal during the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival, on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma

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