GEEKY GANESHA: A Ganesha idol from the collection of S. Shadakshari on display at an exhibition in Bangalore Press Club. Photo: K. Gopinathan
EARTHY BEAUTY: Ganesha idols in various shapes, made from terracotta on display at an expo organised by Women Entrepreneurs Promotional Association in Chennai. Photo: S.S. Kumar
GOD OF PROSPERITY: An idol of Ganesha in Mahavishnu Avatar, made of thousands of American diamonds and worth Rs. 5 lakh installed in Bangalore. Photo: PTI
INDIAN ICON: Visitors look at a sand sculpture of Ganesha created by sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik at the CNE International Sand Sculpting Competition 2010, at Toronto in Canada. Photo: PTI
IDOL NEXT DOOR: A statue of Ganesha placed on a passenger seat in a local train while being transported from a workshop in Mumbai. Photo: PTI
INNOVATIVE AVATARS: An artisan gives final touches to a unique statue of Ganesha at a workshop in Ahmedabad. Photo: AP
PENCIL POWER: An artist makes a Ganesha statue with over 20,000 pencils in Mumbai. Photo: PTI
UP ABOVE THE WORLD: People carry a huge Ganesha statue even as it rains in Mumbai. Photo: PTI
FRIENDLY GANESHA: A Ganesha idol from the collection of S. Shadakshari displayed at an exhibition at Press Club in Bangalore. Photo: K. Gopinathan
PRETTY IN PLASTIC: An artist fine tunes a statue of Ganesha covered with plastic sheets in Thane, Mumbai. Photo: PTI
SUPER-GOD: Artists in Hyderabad preparing one of the tallest Ganesh idols which measures about 50 feet, is 24 feet wide and weighs almost 20 tonnes. Photo: Nagra Gopal
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: An artist colours an idol of Ganesha so that she can make a living by selling it during Ganesh Chaturthi, in Jammu. Photo: AP
GOING GREEN: A painter applies natural colours on a Ganesha idol in Hyderabad. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf