Ganpati Bappa... Morya: See How Nation Is Soaked In Fever Of Ganesh Chaturthi

New Delhi: The Ganesh Chaturthi festival is being celebrated these days in the entire country. A ten-day festival, it started this year on 25th August and will end on 5th September. Also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, the festival is marked with the installation of Lord Ganesha clay idols privately in homes or publicly on elaborate pandals. The festival ends on the tenth day when the idol is immersed in the nearby water body and it is believed that Lord Ganesha return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva. Here are some of the photos to show how the festival is being celebrated in the entire country. Have a look:

An Indian volunteer carries idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha on a makeshift raft to immerse in an artificial pond near the river Sabarmati during Ganesha Chaturthi in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. The ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrates the birth of Ganesha. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)