Hundreds of thousands of worshippers thronged the streets of Mumbai on Thursday for the immersion of thousands of elaborately decorated effigies of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha. It was the ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — A large idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha sat in the back of an open truck traveling along a busy Mumbai street, dwarfing other objects on the road. Hundreds of ...

The popular Ganesha festival began on Wednesday, with Hindu devotees across India celebrating the birthday of elephant-headed Hindu god over 10 days. The annual festival holds immense significance and ...

Ganesh Chaturthi may instantly remind us of Mumbai’s grand processions, dhol-tasha beats, and the famous Lalbaugcha Raja. But India is a land where every region has its own way of embracing Lord ...

When an elephant calf was found dead on the Sesar tea estate last year in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, workers there buried the body and erected a small temple to Ganesha over the grave.