Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated throughout India with conventional fervour

Vedic chants and bells echo within the air as devotees throng varied temples to supply prayers to Lord Ganesha, the beloved elephant-headed deity, on the event of Vinayak Chaturthi, which is being celebrated right this moment throughout southern India.

Individuals patiently stood in serpentine queues on the Sri Ganesh temple in Telangana’s Secunderabad, awaiting their flip to supply prayers.

Hyderabad is witnessing joyous celebrations as devotees, dressed of their festive finest, carry out conventional folks dances at a pandal within the metropolis.

Devotees in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, are queuing up on the famend Mundhi Vinayagar Temple, devoted to Lord Ganesha, since early morning.

The temple homes an impressive idol of the deity carved in black stone, which stands 20 toes tall.

Elaborate rituals have been carried out on the Haritra Vinayagar Temple in Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, as mesmerised devotees watched.

The deity on the temple is fantastically embellished in silver armour, and a particular abhishek consisting of milk, water, and varied different choices was made on this auspicious event.

From the break of daybreak, an enormous crowd thronged Lalbaugcha Raja, one of the common Ganesh pandals in Mumbai.

Lakhs of devotees from internationally are anticipated to go to the pandal through the ten-day pageant.

Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the beginning of Lord Ganesha, commenced on Saturday, with idols of the deity being put in in houses and at public pandals throughout the nation amid a lot fanfare and devotional fervour.

Households, together with youngsters and aged members, stepped out of their houses early within the morning to worship the elephant-headed God and convey the deity’s idols to their houses amid chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya” and the beating of drums.

Video: PTI