Ganesh Chaturthi, Hindu festival for Lord Ganesh, begins (photos)

Celebrations for Ganesh Chaturthi begin Thursday, but the preparations for the festival of the elephant-headed god Ganesh started months before. Clay idols of Ganesh, some of them less than an inch tall, others more than 25 feet, require some lead time. Today, Hindus across India, Nepal, the U.S., Canada, Fiji and other locales will bring home those carefully made idols in the hopes they can invoke the god's blessings for ...

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