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Idols of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh washed ashore after being immersed in the sea of the Bay of Bengal, on the fifth day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at Pattinapakkam beach, in Chennai, India, 04 September 2022. The Ganesh Chaturthi festival is a ten-day long event that is celebrated all over India. During the Ganpati festival, which is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, idols of the Hindu deity are worshipped at hundreds of pandals or makeshift tents before they are immersed into water bodies. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)
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