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People celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival on Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
People celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival on Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
A famous Ganesh idol (2 meters tall) constructed entirely of playing dice, on display in Shekwalhi, Mumbai, India, during the...
A famous Ganesh idol (2 meters tall) constructed entirely of playing dice, on display in Shekwalhi, Mumbai, India, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
A family dances in the street during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the Lalbaug neighborhood of Mumbai, India.
A family dances in the street during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the Lalbaug neighborhood of Mumbai, India.
Taxi cabs in the Gariahat area of Kolkata, India during the Durga Puja festival.
Taxi cabs in the Gariahat area of Kolkata, India during the Durga Puja festival.
Hindu families perform puja (prayers) with their Durga idols at Babughat on the Hooghly River, during the Durga Puja festival...
Hindu families perform puja (prayers) with their Durga idols at Babughat on the Hooghly River, during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India
Bottled water and cold drinks for sale during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
Bottled water and cold drinks for sale during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
Boys covered in colored gulal powder during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India
Boys covered in colored gulal powder during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India
A Ganesh idol washed up on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Hundreds of idols are immers...
A Ganesh idol washed up on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Hundreds of idols are immersed in the Arabian Sea at Chowpatty Beach.
A Durga Puja pandal in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India. On the walls are hundreds of dolls.
A Durga Puja pandal in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India. On the walls are hundreds of dolls.
Workers take an afternoon siesta on a sidewalk in Kumartoli, Kolkata, India. Next to them are Durga Puja idols.
Workers take an afternoon siesta on a sidewalk in Kumartoli, Kolkata, India. Next to them are Durga Puja idols.
The elaborate Durga Puja pandal at Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
The elaborate Durga Puja pandal at Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
Women from a family dance at Babughat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India. They're about to immerse the family's i...
Women from a family dance at Babughat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India. They're about to immerse the family's idol of the Goddess Durga into the nearby Hooghly River.
An intricate Durga Puja idol in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
An intricate Durga Puja idol in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
Interior of a large and elaborate pandal (temporary temple of sorts) to the Goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival, Gar...
Interior of a large and elaborate pandal (temporary temple of sorts) to the Goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival, Gariahat, Kolkata, India. There are 2,500 pandals in Kolkata during the epic festival. In 2012 this was the winning pandal.
Decorated idol of Hanuman in the nook of a tree, Colaba, Mumbai, India.
Decorated idol of Hanuman in the nook of a tree, Colaba, Mumbai, India.
Elaborate LED displays delight crowds visiting pandals during the Durga Puja festival in Gariahat, Kolkata, India.
Elaborate LED displays delight crowds visiting pandals during the Durga Puja festival in Gariahat, Kolkata, India.
People celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival on Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
People celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival on Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
Jars of red gulal powder at a market in Kalighat, Kolkata, India
Jars of red gulal powder at a market in Kalighat, Kolkata, India
Detail of a Durga Puja idol in a pandal near Kumartoli, Kolkata, India.
Detail of a Durga Puja idol in a pandal near Kumartoli, Kolkata, India.
Families immerse statues of Ganesh into the Arabian Sea at Chowpatty Beach during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, Mumbai, India.
Families immerse statues of Ganesh into the Arabian Sea at Chowpatty Beach during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, Mumbai, India.
View of ships on the Hooghly River and Howrah Bridge, Kolkata, India.
View of ships on the Hooghly River and Howrah Bridge, Kolkata, India.
View of a Hindu temple from Purana Qila (old fort), Delhi, India
View of a Hindu temple from Purana Qila (old fort), Delhi, India
Religious figures and Western posters on a wall at the Howrah Flower Market, Kolkata, India.
Religious figures and Western posters on a wall at the Howrah Flower Market, Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja idols are immersed in the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India. The idols are statues of Hindu gods and goddesses that ...
Durga Puja idols are immersed in the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India. The idols are statues of Hindu gods and goddesses that are brought to the rIver and immersed, and then immediately pulled out to prevent pollution.
Durga Puja idols sits in piles at Babughat in Kolkata, India. The idols are statues of Hindu gods and goddesses that are brou...
Durga Puja idols sits in piles at Babughat in Kolkata, India. The idols are statues of Hindu gods and goddesses that are brought to the Hooghly RIver and immersed, and then immediately pulled out to prevent pollution.
Hindus pray in the Hooghly River in observance of Mahalaya, a tribute to deceased relatives.
Hindus pray in the Hooghly River in observance of Mahalaya, a tribute to deceased relatives.
A family immerses their Ganesh Idol in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, Mumbai, India.
A family immerses their Ganesh Idol in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, Mumbai, India.
Hindu families in Mumbai arrive at Chowpatty Beach to immerse their idols of Ganesh in the Arabian Sea, on the 1.5 day immers...
Hindu families in Mumbai arrive at Chowpatty Beach to immerse their idols of Ganesh in the Arabian Sea, on the 1.5 day immersion of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Mumbai, India.
Figure of a lion on a street in Kalighat, Kolkata, India during the Durga Puja festival.
Figure of a lion on a street in Kalighat, Kolkata, India during the Durga Puja festival.
A family from Mumbai, India performs puja (prayer) to Ganesh on Chowpatty Beach, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
A family from Mumbai, India performs puja (prayer) to Ganesh on Chowpatty Beach, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Boaters on Back Bay in the Araban Sea at night, with the Mumbai skyline in the background. Mumbai, India.
Boaters on Back Bay in the Araban Sea at night, with the Mumbai skyline in the background. Mumbai, India.
Hindu men pray and bathe in the Hoogly River at Sovabazar Ghat, Kolkata, India.
Hindu men pray and bathe in the Hoogly River at Sovabazar Ghat, Kolkata, India.
A candle burning inside a Durga Puja pandal near Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
A candle burning inside a Durga Puja pandal near Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
Museum quality Durga Puja idols being made from mud in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
Museum quality Durga Puja idols being made from mud in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
A girl from a middle-class family looks at a girl living on the street in Gariahat, Kolkata, India.
A girl from a middle-class family looks at a girl living on the street in Gariahat, Kolkata, India.
Yellow gulal powder on a girl's ponytail at the the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Mumbai, India
Yellow gulal powder on a girl's ponytail at the the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Mumbai, India
Crowds gather on Chowpatty Beach and Back Bay (Arabian Sea) to celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India.
Crowds gather on Chowpatty Beach and Back Bay (Arabian Sea) to celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India.
Children covered in brightly colored powder during Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations on Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
Children covered in brightly colored powder during Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations on Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
A visitor uses a mobile phone to photograph a Ganesh Idol at a pandal in Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
A visitor uses a mobile phone to photograph a Ganesh Idol at a pandal in Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
Temple scene in blues, Kalighat, Kolkata, India
Temple scene in blues, Kalighat, Kolkata, India
Howrah Railway Station, Howrah, India.
Howrah Railway Station, Howrah, India.
Tangle of wires in an apartment building, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
Tangle of wires in an apartment building, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
A large Ganesh idol in a pandal in Shekwalhi, Mumbai, India. Taken during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
A large Ganesh idol in a pandal in Shekwalhi, Mumbai, India. Taken during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Balls of mud from the Hooghly River for sale at Sovabazar Ghat, Kolkata, India.
Balls of mud from the Hooghly River for sale at Sovabazar Ghat, Kolkata, India.
A lamp burns on Armenian Ghat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
A lamp burns on Armenian Ghat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
The elaborate Durga Puja pandal at Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
The elaborate Durga Puja pandal at Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
Hindu devotees pray during the Durga Puja festival, at a temple near Barabazar on the Ganges River, Kolkata, India.
Hindu devotees pray during the Durga Puja festival, at a temple near Barabazar on the Ganges River, Kolkata, India.
Workers at the Howrah Flower Market, commonly referred to as the largest flower market in Asia. Near Howrah Bridge along the ...
Workers at the Howrah Flower Market, commonly referred to as the largest flower market in Asia. Near Howrah Bridge along the Hooghly River, Kolkata, India.
A family performs puja to Ganesh in their home in the Lalbaug neighborhood of Mumbai, India. Lalbaug is the epicenter of the ...
A family performs puja to Ganesh in their home in the Lalbaug neighborhood of Mumbai, India. Lalbaug is the epicenter of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, which is celebrated throughout the Hindu world.
Two boys pretending to be sadhus (holy men) to get money from tourists, playing Grand Theft Auto video game, Pushkar, Rajasth...
Two boys pretending to be sadhus (holy men) to get money from tourists, playing Grand Theft Auto video game, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Workers disassemble a pandal from the Durga Puja festival in Newmarket, Kolkata, India. They will leave behind Lakshmi, who h...
Workers disassemble a pandal from the Durga Puja festival in Newmarket, Kolkata, India. They will leave behind Lakshmi, who has her own festival after Durga Puja.
A family prays to a Ganesh idol on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
A family prays to a Ganesh idol on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Workers carry an idol at night in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
Workers carry an idol at night in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
In a very unusual scene, a small Hindu boy on the Maidan (Central Park) begs money from Muslim men leaving the observance of ...
In a very unusual scene, a small Hindu boy on the Maidan (Central Park) begs money from Muslim men leaving the observance of the Eid al-Adha holiday on Red Road in Kolkata, India.
A family from Mumbai India, covered in gulal powder during Ganesh Chaturthi immersions at Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India
A family from Mumbai India, covered in gulal powder during Ganesh Chaturthi immersions at Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India
Durga Puja idol in a pandal in Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja idol in a pandal in Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja idols being made in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja idols being made in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
Ganesh idols on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Ganesh idols on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Beautiful Ganesh pandal decorated with candles and flowers during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Shekwalhi, Mumbai, India.
Beautiful Ganesh pandal decorated with candles and flowers during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Shekwalhi, Mumbai, India.
Three sisters at the observance of Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holida...
Three sisters at the observance of Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holiday, and Red Road is considered perhaps the most auspicious site in Kolkata. More than 50,000 people pray here en masse. Editorial note: These are the only images captured of this event in 2012 by a foreign photographer.
Candle-lit masks at a Kerala-themed Durga Puja pandal in the Lake Gardens area of Kolkata, India.
Candle-lit masks at a Kerala-themed Durga Puja pandal in the Lake Gardens area of Kolkata, India.
Lanterns illuminate the neighborhood of Lord's More during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
Lanterns illuminate the neighborhood of Lord's More during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
Girls watch a parade during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
Girls watch a parade during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
Ganesh idols for sale during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
Ganesh idols for sale during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Lalbaug, Mumbai, India.
A cat gets ready to go to sleep in a Hindu shrine near a city park in Bandra West, Mumbai, India.
A cat gets ready to go to sleep in a Hindu shrine near a city park in Bandra West, Mumbai, India.
Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holiday, and Red Road...
Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holiday, and Red Road is considered perhaps the most auspicious site in Kolkata. More than 50,000 people pray here en masse. Editorial note: These are the only images captured of this event in 2012 by a foreign photographer.
Elaborate LED displays delight crowds visiting pandals during the Durga Puja festival in Gariahat, Kolkata, India.
Elaborate LED displays delight crowds visiting pandals during the Durga Puja festival in Gariahat, Kolkata, India.
Image of the Goddess Kali on an auto rickshaw in Newmarket, Kolkata, India.
Image of the Goddess Kali on an auto rickshaw in Newmarket, Kolkata, India.
Large Ganpati (Ganesh idols) are immersed into the Arabian Sea at Chowpatty Beach, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Mumb...
Large Ganpati (Ganesh idols) are immersed into the Arabian Sea at Chowpatty Beach, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Mumbai, India.
A family parades their Ganesh Idols and dances in the streets in the Lalbaug neighborhood of Mumbai, India, during the Ganesh...
A family parades their Ganesh Idols and dances in the streets in the Lalbaug neighborhood of Mumbai, India, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
In a very unusual scene, a small Hindu boy on the Maidan (Central Park) begs money from Muslim men leaving the observance of ...
In a very unusual scene, a small Hindu boy on the Maidan (Central Park) begs money from Muslim men leaving the observance of the Eid al-Adha holiday on Red Road in Kolkata, India.
Museum quality Durga Puja idols being made from mud in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
Museum quality Durga Puja idols being made from mud in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
A severed cows head at a slaughterhouse, Newmarket, Kolkata, India. The cow is sacred to Hindus, but India is not all Hindus.
A severed cows head at a slaughterhouse, Newmarket, Kolkata, India. The cow is sacred to Hindus, but India is not all Hindus.
A boy meditates in a temple, Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
A boy meditates in a temple, Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
The elaborate Durga Puja pandal at Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
The elaborate Durga Puja pandal at Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
An intricate Durga Puja idol in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
An intricate Durga Puja idol in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
A sadhu (holy man) reading the morning paper, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A sadhu (holy man) reading the morning paper, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
An intricate Durga Puja idol in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
An intricate Durga Puja idol in Sovabazar, Kolkata, India.
Three sisters at the observance of Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holida...
Three sisters at the observance of Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holiday, and Red Road is considered perhaps the most auspicious site in Kolkata. More than 50,000 people pray here en masse. Editorial note: These are the only images captured of this event in 2012 by a foreign photographer.
Thousands of people gather at Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India to immerse statues of Ganesh in the Arabian Sea during the Gan...
Thousands of people gather at Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India to immerse statues of Ganesh in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Photos taken during the 1 1/2 day immersion, which is the first of several dates for families to bring their idols for immersion.
Workers take an afternoon siesta on a sidewalk in Kumartoli, Kolkata, India. Sleeping in public is common in Kolkata.
Workers take an afternoon siesta on a sidewalk in Kumartoli, Kolkata, India. Sleeping in public is common in Kolkata.
Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holiday, and Red Road...
Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha on Red Road in Kolkata, India. Eid al-Adha is the most important Muslim holiday, and Red Road is considered perhaps the most auspicious site in Kolkata. More than 50,000 people pray here en masse. Editorial note: These are the only images captured of this event in 2012 by a foreign photographer.
Durga Puja decorations at South City Mall in Kolkata, India. South City is the largest mall in East India. Durga Puja is the ...
Durga Puja decorations at South City Mall in Kolkata, India. South City is the largest mall in East India. Durga Puja is the biggest festival in Kolkata and West Bengal.
Hindus pray in the Hooghly River in observance of Mahalaya, a tribute to deceased relatives.
Hindus pray in the Hooghly River in observance of Mahalaya, a tribute to deceased relatives.
A crowd gathers on Chowpatty Beach to immerse idols of Ganesh in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. In the...
A crowd gathers on Chowpatty Beach to immerse idols of Ganesh in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. In the background is Saifee hospital.
Small glass boxes with idols for sale at a market in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
Small glass boxes with idols for sale at a market in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
Hindu families perform rituals at Armenian Ghat on the Hooghly River at the beginning of the Durga Puja Festival, Kolkata, In...
Hindu families perform rituals at Armenian Ghat on the Hooghly River at the beginning of the Durga Puja Festival, Kolkata, India.
Eyes are painted on a Durga Puja idol at a workshop in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India. The idols are said to come ...
Eyes are painted on a Durga Puja idol at a workshop in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India. The idols are said to come alive when the eyes are painted.
Here's something you've almost certainly never seen - an Idol of the Goddess Lakshmi at a pandal inside of a fish market, dur...
Here's something you've almost certainly never seen - an Idol of the Goddess Lakshmi at a pandal inside of a fish market, during the Lakshmi Puja festival, Newmarket, Kolkata, India.
A man talks on a mobile phone at night in front of LED displays for the Durga Puja festival, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India.
A man talks on a mobile phone at night in front of LED displays for the Durga Puja festival, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India.
A lamp burns on Armenian Ghat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
A lamp burns on Armenian Ghat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja idols are painted and dressed at a workshop in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja idols are painted and dressed at a workshop in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
A massive crowd gathers for the culmination of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Lalbaug, Mumbai, India. Although Ganesh Chatu...
A massive crowd gathers for the culmination of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Lalbaug, Mumbai, India. Although Ganesh Chaturthi is observed around the world, Lalbaug is the epicenter of the festival, when several large Ganesh Idols are marched from pandals in the city out to Chowpatty Beach to be immersed in the Arabian Sea.
Men load a Durga Puja idol onto a truck in Kumartoli, Kolkata, India.
Men load a Durga Puja idol onto a truck in Kumartoli, Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja immersion at Babughat on the Hooghly River, Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja immersion at Babughat on the Hooghly River, Kolkata, India.
Families immerse statues of Ganesh into the Arabian Sea at night during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, near Chowpatty Beach, ...
Families immerse statues of Ganesh into the Arabian Sea at night during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, near Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
Hindu families immerse idols of the Goddess Durga into the Hooghly River at Babughat, during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata...
Hindu families immerse idols of the Goddess Durga into the Hooghly River at Babughat, during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
A lamp burns on Armenian Ghat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
A lamp burns on Armenian Ghat during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India.
A Durga Puja pandal in the Lord's More neighborhood of Kolkata, India, near the Lake Gardens Railway Station.
A Durga Puja pandal in the Lord's More neighborhood of Kolkata, India, near the Lake Gardens Railway Station.
Durga Puja idols being made in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
Durga Puja idols being made in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India.
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