A child dressed as Lord Ganesh, the Living Goddess Kumari Devi looks out from a window before being brought out to the public for display and worship during the Indrajatra festival in Kathmandu September 3, 2009. Nepal’s Newar community began celebrating the Hindu festival of Indrajatra with the worship of the Kumari, or “living goddess”, and the god of rain, Lord Indra. (REUTERS/Shruti Shrestha)
Indian Hindus bring statues of the Hindu God Ganesh for immersion in the Arabian sea on the final day of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Artisans give finishing touches to clay statues of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha ahead of the Ganesh festival, at a workshop near Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
An Indian woman sits pillion on a bike carrying a statue of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.)
Indian collectors Pabsetti Shekhar (sitting-L) and his wife Pabsetti Anuradha perform ritual prayers to statues of the elephant headed Hindu Lord Ganesh at his home in Hyderabad on September 18, 2012, during the festival Ganesh Chaturthi. Shekhar, 50, holds the largest private collection of 12,022 Ganesh statues. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM
Devotees take a procession with a statue of Hindu elephant headed god “Ganesh” in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Devotees take a procession with a statue of Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesh carried by monkey god Hanuman in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Rajesh Pasi, an Indian prisoner gives finishing touches to clay statues of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha ahead of the Ganesh festival, at the Central Jail in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Sept.10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A Hindu carries a statue of the Hindu god Ganesh for immersion into the Arabian sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Indian Hindu devotees covered in paint stand in front of a large statue of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesh, seen in the background, before immersing it in the Arabian Sea, on the final day of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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