In India, passed Ganesha Chaturthi, a 10-day festival, which celebrates the birth of Ganesh, the highest god of wisdom, prosperity and good luck. For Hinduism is characterized by traditional festivals and rituals, and carry them Hindus worldwide. Here are pictures from the recent Hindu festivals and rituals in India, England, Nepal and Indonesia.
Hindus have a statue of the god Ganesha with an elephant head on a cart during the Ganesha Chaturthi in Mumbai, India, Sunday, August 23, 2009. Idols are immersed in the ocean or a river at the end of the festival, which honors the birth of Ganesha. (AP Photo / Dhiraj Singh)
Hindus have a statue of Ganesha for immersion in the sea on Ganesha Chaturthi in Mumbai, September 3, 2009. Statues of Ganesha made of clay for two - three months before the Ganesha Chaturthi. Idols are through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing. They will ship in the river or the sea, as if seeing him in Kailash, and with it will leave the failures of mankind. (REUTERS / Punit Paranjpe)
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Hindus to paint faces a large statue of Ganesha Ganesha Chaturthi in Mumbai, India, Thursday, September 3, 2009. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
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A boy dressed in a suit at the festival of Ganesh Indrajatra in Kathmandu on Sept. 3, 2009. Nepal's Newar community celebrates the Hindu festival Indrajatra, worshiping goddess Kumari, or "living goddess", and the god of rain, Lord Indra. (REUTERS / Shruti Shrestha)
