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In this Tuesday, September 6, 2016 photo, a relative of Raju Laljibhai Dipikar performs the ritual of breaking a coconut in front of an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha as they prepare to set out for its immersion, on the second day of Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India. Every year Dipikar goes out with his family to choose an elaborate statue of the Ganesha and for two days the god “lives” with the family in their tiny apartment in Mumbai, his very presence bringing them joy. And in return for the love the family showers on him he takes away all their problems, Dipikar says. While families immerse the idols installed in their homes at different points in the ten-day celebration, it's the tenth day that makes for the most grand spectacle. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
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