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Ganesh Chaturthi Festival In Tamil Nadu

Tamil artisans hold moulds filled with clay while creating a small clay idols of Lord Ganesha (Lord Ganesh) at a workshop during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in Pondicherry (Puducherry), Tamil Nadu, India on August 26, 2017. Ganesh Chaturthi (also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi) is a Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesh to earth from Kailash Parvat with his mother Goddess Parvati. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesh clay idols privately in homes and publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary temples along the roadside). (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #5977706
Date taken: 26 August 2017
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Photographer: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto
Category: Religion and Belief

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