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Boys climb atop the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, after it was immersed in the waters of Tank Bund Lake on Sunday to mark the end of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the southern city of Hyderabad, India, on Sept.12, 2011. Ganesh Chaturthi is a ten-day long Hindu religious festival which ends with the immersion of the idols that are taken through the streets in processions, accompanied by dancing and singing, to water tanks, lakes, rivers or seas. The immersion not only symbolizes a ritual send-off to the deity on his journey to his heavenly abode but also carrying away of the misfortunes of mankind. (REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder)
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