Devotees arrive carrying an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh for immersion into the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai…Devotees arrive in a taxi carrying an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion into the Arabian Sea on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai September 20, 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/Vivek Prakash (INDIA – Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)
