Hindu Gods In Making For Durga Puja Festival In India

An artisan gives final touches to an idol of Hindu Goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The Hindu festival of Durga Puja will be celebrated in October. 

An artisan gives final touches to a mud idol of Hindu elephant-headed God Ganesha at a workshop in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The idols will be immersed in water bodies at the end of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival which begins on Sept. 19.

An artisan works on a mud idol of Hindu elephant-headed God Ganesha at a workshop in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The idols will be immersed in water bodies at the end of the ten-day long Ganesha festival which begins on Sept. 19. <AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh>

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