In Mumbai alone, around 150,000 statues are immersed each year.Angrewadiresidents normally head to Girgaon Chowpatty beach, just over a mile away. It comes on the fourth day (Chaturthi) of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada month of Hindu calendar, which is in August/September. It is also referred as Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chavithi, and Ganesha Festival. Here, they slowly dissolve in a ceremony that dramatises the Hindu view of the ephemeral nature of life – but also causes widespread pollution. The birth anniversary of Lord Ganesh, (Ganapathi) the elephant headed God, is celebrated as Ganesh Chaturthi all over India. The statues, normally made of soluble plaster of paris, are traditionally carried in a public procession with music and chanting, and are then immersed in either a river or the sea.
The festival was held on September 10-11 and hundreds of devotees marked their attendance. On the 11th and final day of the festival, the ritual of Ganesh Visarjan takes place – falling this year on 1 September. The British Indian community in Harrow held a 2-day Ganpati festival on Ganesh Chaturthi. Statues of Lord Ganesh are brought into homes and put on display for offerings and prayers. It will be decorate for its 10 days Worship for hindus Holy festival.
I n the quiet housing estate of Angrewadi in the heart of Girgaon in south Mumbai, people are celebrating the 100th consecutive year of the Ganesh Chaturthi, the Hindu festival of the elephant-headed god of new beginnings. Ganesh Festival India It is the image of Lord Ganesh sculpture before a day of 'Ganesh Chaturthi'.