A crane lowers an idol of Hindu god Ganesh into the Bay of Bengal for its immersion during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Chennai…A crane lowers an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into the Bay of Bengal for its immersion during the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in the southern Indian city of Chennai September 23, 2012. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing and later immersed in a river or the sea symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA – Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)