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Ganesh Chaturthi 2018 in pictures: Ganesh festival kicks off with fervour in various parts of India

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(ANI Image/ Representational)
(ANI Image/ Representational)
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Mumbai: Drones being used at Sion East's GSB Seva Mandal for security surveillance. The Ganesh idol here is decorated with more than 70 kg 23-carat gold (ANI)
Mumbai: Drones being used at Sion East's GSB Seva Mandal for security surveillance. The Ganesh idol here is decorated with more than 70 kg 23-carat gold (ANI)
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Mumbai: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra carry an idol of Lord Ganpati on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi at Chinchpokli, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. (PTI)
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra carry an idol of Lord Ganpati on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi at Chinchpokli, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. (PTI)
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Jaipur: Devotees offer prayers during the Sinjara celebration on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, at Moti Dungri temple in Jaipur, Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. (PTI)
Jaipur: Devotees offer prayers during the Sinjara celebration on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, at Moti Dungri temple in Jaipur, Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. (PTI)
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The ten-day long Ganesh festival kicked off with zeal and fervour across the country on September 13, 2018.  The festival began with devotees, mostly attired in traditional clothes, bringing colourfully-crafted idols of the elephant-headed God in their homes and pandals and installing them amid chants of 'Ganapati bappa moraya', beating of drums and and sprinkling of 'gulal'. Here's how the entire nation is celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi.
(PTI)
The ten-day long Ganesh festival kicked off with zeal and fervour across the country on September 13, 2018. The festival began with devotees, mostly attired in traditional clothes, bringing colourfully-crafted idols of the elephant-headed God in their homes and pandals and installing them amid chants of 'Ganapati bappa moraya', beating of drums and and sprinkling of 'gulal'. Here's how the entire nation is celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi. (PTI)
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The festival sees devotees offering to the deity various sweets as prasad, of which 'modak' (sweet rice flour dumplings filled with coconut and jaggery) is an integral part. (ANI)
The festival sees devotees offering to the deity various sweets as prasad, of which 'modak' (sweet rice flour dumplings filled with coconut and jaggery) is an integral part. (ANI)
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 Maharashtra: Visuals from Pune's Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple on the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi(ANI)
Maharashtra: Visuals from Pune's Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple on the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi(ANI)
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Coimbatore: People visit Puliakulam's Vinayagar Temple on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi in Tamil Nadu (ANI)
Coimbatore: People visit Puliakulam's Vinayagar Temple on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi in Tamil Nadu (ANI)
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Maharashtra: Devotees throng to Nagpur's Tekdi Ganesh temple on the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi (ANI)
Maharashtra: Devotees throng to Nagpur's Tekdi Ganesh temple on the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi (ANI)
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Mumbai: Visuals from Siddhivinayak Temple on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi (ANI)
Mumbai: Visuals from Siddhivinayak Temple on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi (ANI)
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Mumbai: Devotees throng Ganesha Idol at Lalbaughcha Raja on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi (ANI)
Mumbai: Devotees throng Ganesha Idol at Lalbaughcha Raja on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi (ANI)
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Aarti being performed at Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi. (ANI)
Aarti being performed at Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi. (ANI)
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