India celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi

A SRPF personnel is seen welcoming their Ganesh idol on Ganesh Chaturthi in Vadodara. (Source: Express Photo By Bhupendra Rana)

Huge Ganpati idol in Vadodara. (Source: Express Photo By Bhupendra Rana)

A priest is seen giving last minute touch up to the eye of a Ganpati idol in Vadodara. (Source: Express Photo By Bhupendra Rana)

SRPF personnel welcome their Ganesh idol on Ganesh Chaturthi in Vadodara. (Source: Express Photo By Bhupendra Rana)

Volunteer of Bal Gopal Ganesh Mitra Mandal is seen preparing for Ganpati festival in Mumbai. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)

A vendor selling idols of Lord Ganesh on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi in Bikaner. (Source: PTI)

Artist Vijay making a sketch of Lord Ganesha with closed eyes on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Varanasi on Thursday. Vijay completed the sketch in about five seconds. (Source: PTI)

A sand sculpture created by sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik depicting Lord Ganesh blessing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Surat. (Source: PTI)

Moti Dungri Ganesh temple in Jaipur decorated with lights on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi festival. (Source: PTI)

An artisan puts finishing touches on a Ganesh idol made of shells on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai. (Source: PTI)

A devotee carries a Ganesh idol ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ajmer on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

Devotees carry a Ganesh idol to the pandal on the eve of Ganesh festival in Nagpur, Maharashtra on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

Children dressed in traditional attire take part in a procession with Ganesh idol ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi at Sangli in Maharashtra. (Source: PTI)

Artists across Maharashtra are busy toiling over Ganpati idols as the state celebrates the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. In Mumbai, devotees arrive to get a glimpse of the of the Lalbaugcha Raja idol. (Source: PTI)

Devotees carry a Ganesh idol ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

Ganesh Chaturthi is just a day away and the artists are busy giving finishing touches to the Ganpati idols. Ganesh Chaturthi is on August 29. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)

Artists work on a ganpati idol made of natural pure snow in Kurla, Mumbai. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)

The snow idol is made of 500 kilograms of Natural Pure Snow and is 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)

Artists paint a Ganesh idol made of grains in Navi Mumbai. (Source: PTI)

At famous Moti doongari temple in Jaipur, The Ganpati idol is decorated with Modak tableau (Laddu). (Source: PTI)

A boy holds a colourful Ganesh idol in his arms at the stall selling the statues in Allahabad. (Source: AP Photo)

A group of devotees take a Ganpati idol to a pandal ahead of the Ganesh festival in Navi Mumbai. (Source: PTI)

Eunuchs celebrate the arrival of the Ganpati idol in Kopri, Navi Mumbai. (Source: Express Photo By Narendra Vaskar)

The eunuchs dance and sing as they accompany the idol to a pandal. (Source: Express Photo By Narendra Vaskar)

Ganesh Chaturti will be celebrated on Friday (August 29) with great fervour in the city. (Source: Express Photo By Narendra Vaskar)