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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.
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.
A family immerses their Ganesh Idol in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, Mumbai, India.
A family loads their Ganpati (Ganesh idol) on a truck, in preparation to immerse it in the Arabian Sea at Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India.
A family from Mumbai, India performs puja (prayer) to Ganesh on Chowpatty Beach, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Hindu families perform rituals at Armenian Ghat on the Hooghly River at the beginning of the Durga Puja Festival, Kolkata, India.
A family in the back of a truck brings an idol of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi to Babughat in Kolkata, India, to immerse it in the Hooghly River. Lakshmi Puja, as it's called, is celebrated after Durga Puja, the biggest festival in Kolkata.
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.
Residents of Mumbai, the largest city in India, flock to Chowpatty Beach on a Sunday afternoon. The beach is permanently filthy and no longer supports any wildlife.
Hindu families perform rituals at Armenian Ghat on the Hooghly River at the beginning of the Durga Puja Festival, Kolkata, India.
A group of men immerse their Ganesh Idol in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, Mumbai, India.
A family from Mumbai, India performs puja (prayer) to Ganesh on Chowpatty Beach, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
A family dances in the street during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the Lalbaug neighborhood of Mumbai, India.
Hindu families perform puja (prayers) with their Durga idols at Babughat on the Hooghly River, during the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata, India
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.