24 AUGUST: MUMBAI, INDIA – An Indian woman selling idols of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha waits for customers ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai . The Ganesh Chaturthi festival, a popular 11-day religious festival which is annually celebrated across India, runs this year from 25 August to 5 September. During the festival, Hindus pray to idols of Lord Ganesha at their homes and temporary makeshift temples, culminating with the immersion of the idols in the Arabian Sea and local water bodies.

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