A worker adds embellishments to a ganesh idol in time for the ten day Ganesh festival that starts on August 29.
Workers start making the idols as early as three months before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival begins.
Migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are engaged in casting work at workshops during this period.
A painter adds colour to a idol. While the migrant workers are entrusted with the casting jobs, the painters are mostly locals.
Migrant workers enjoy a conversation in between work at a workshop. Though seasonal, the job featches them around Rs 600 per day.
A worker adds the finishing touches to a Ganesh idol at a workshop in Central Mumbai
Mumbai 07/08/2014 A worker adds embellishments to a small ganesh idol in time for the ten day Ganesh festival which starts on August 29. Photo: Vivek Bendre