Indian Hindu Devotees Start 10-Day Long Ganesh Festival

A Hindu devotee carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha during a procession in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day long Ganesh festival began Wednesday and ends with the immersion of Ganesha idols in water bodies on the 10th day. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indian devotees raise their hands as they pray in front of an idol of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day long Ganesh festival began Wednesday and ends with the immersion of idols in water bodies on the 10th day. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Hindu devotees dance with a huge idol of Hindu elephant headed god Ganesh as they take part in a ?Ganesh Chaturti? festival procession in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day long festival which began Wednesday ends with the immersion of Ganesh idols in bodies of water. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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