For years, 17-year-old Omkar Kulkarni would be home, listening to stories from his relatives about the grand, colorful celebrations and pageantry in India and other large Hindu communities that marked ...

Devotees line up to offer prayers and seek blessings at a 52-foot-tall idol of Lord Ganesh in Hyderabad. Credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images A man, wearing a mask of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity ...

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On India's west coast, revelers hoist up statues of an elephant-headed god, and parade them toward the Arabian Sea. They sing and chant, and hand out food to bystanders. For 10 days, they perform ...

Ganpati Bappa Morya! The most-awaited and dearest festival has almost arrived and will be celebrated worldwide on September 7, 2024. The auspicious festival marks the birthday of the Lord Ganesha, the ...

Ganesh Chaturthi, one of the most celebrated Hindu festivals, will be observed in 2025 with immense devotion and grandeur across India. Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity, is worshipped as the ...

Pabsetti Shekhar offers prayers to some of the Ganesh idols he has collected at his home in Hyderabad. Shekar, 49, has the world's largest private collection of Ganesh idols - totalling 11,522 ...

On India's west coast, revelers hoist up statues of an elephant-headed god, and parade them toward the Arabian Sea. They sing and chant, and hand out food to bystanders. For 10 days, they perform ...