Immersion Procession Of Hindu God Ganesha

GHAZIABAD, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu God Ganesha to immerse in Yamuna River on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival at Ghaziabad on September 27, 2015 in Ghaziabad, India. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a procession for immersion in a river or a sea, symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. It is said that after the Immersion of idol, Lord Ganesha residing in the idol, who listened to the prayers and request of his devotees for ten days, returns back to his heavenly abode. (Photo by Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)