Ganpati 2007

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The Ganpati celebration almost passed us by this year. We had seen a few of the statues throughout the city but hadn't taken the time to get a closer look. Ganpati is 10-day celebration in honor of the deity, Ganesh. On the second, third, fifth, seventh and tenth day of the festival, the deities are taken to the water to be immersed and sent out to the open sea.

On the evening of the last day, Seth decided to go out and capture a few of the statues making their way to the water as well as the processions of music and dancing. Along with the processions, men usually set off fire crackers in front of the trucks. One interesting shot we witnessed but missed to capture was that of a cop using his match to light the explosive.

Click here to view last year's Ganpati festival post.