Ganesh Chaturthi: Colourful variations of a divine faith
The ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi festival is a spectacle of faith like no other. Fashioned from mere clay, the elephant-headed God's radiant form is playfully imagined by creators, reclaiming the space of
A delightful Ganesha, designed using popular biscuit packets on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Chennai on September 7, 2024.
Lalbaugcha Raja, as the Ganesh idol is popularly known in the locality of Lalbaug in Mumbai, is unveiled to the media on September 5, 2024.
A passenger takes the deity home in a taxi on the eve of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai on September 6, 2024.
In a surprising variation, Lord Ganesha hugs Mushaka, the mouse, his chosen vehicle found alongside in the usual depictions of the idol, at a local workshop in Ahmedabad, India, on September 7, 2024.
A devotee offers prayers before a Ganesha, enveloped in strung turmeric root, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Chennai on September 7, 2024.
Devotees carry a leaping Ganesha to a pandal in Mumbai ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi Festival on August 25, 2024
A Ganesh in a traditional fishermen’s robe sits on a crab at Ghadigaonkar Ganesh Workshop at Lalbaug, on February 4, 2024 in Mumbai, India
An unusual variation of Ganesha, with multiple heads featuring various deities, gazes benignly at a pandal in Hyderabad on September 7, 2024.
Posing for a photo with her brother, a girl assumes the posture of the Ganesh deity at a home in Mumbai on September 8, 2024
Ghatkopar Police Station’s personnel carry the idol of Lord Ganesha from the workshop to the police station where it will be installed for a week on September 7, 2024 in Mumbai.
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