Ganesh Chaturthi 2018: The best pictures of India welcoming Lord Ganesha

Jaipur: Devotees offer prayers during the Sinjara celebration on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, at Moti Dungri temple in Jaipur, Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. (PTI Photo) 

Mumbai: The first look of Chintamani 2018 on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at Chinchpokli in Mumbai, Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. 

Puri: A sand sculpture of Lord Ganesha made by artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, on a beach in Puri, Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. (PTI)

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty with husband Raj Kundra take a ganesh idol to their home from Chinchpokli workshop - Ashwini Sawant/dna

Devotees carry Ganesh idol to their respective pandal at Mohammed Ali Road in Mumbai on Saturday - Salman Ansari/dna

NCC cadets of Shardashram High School in Mumbai take a Ganesh idol to their school to celebrate Ganpati festival Aadesh Choudhari/DNA

Mukesh Ambani's son Anant waits to collect an idol of Lord Ganesh to take from a workshop in Parel back home to Antila - Hemant Padalkar/DNA

Greetings on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

सभी देशवासियों को गणेश चतुर्थी के पावन पर्व की शुभकामनाएं। pic.twitter.com/UupNvwOpMf

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 13, 2018

#Mumbai: Drones being used at Sion East's GSB Seva Mandal for security surveillance. The Ganesh idol here is decorated with more than 70 kg 23-carat gold. pic.twitter.com/ggAnRAhBEY

— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2018

#GANPATIBAAPAMORIYAA. Let’s celebrate an eco friendly Ganapati this year. Team Sui Dhaaga made a bio degradable Ganapati. #sababadhiyaahai pic.twitter.com/riy4yVFKPD

— Varun MAUJI Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) September 13, 2018

LALBAUGCHA RAJA Inaugral Pratishthapana Pooja will commence from 4:00 AM.

Devotees can take the blessings of Bappa 6:00 AM onwards.

Live Darshan on Twitter.#lalbaugcharaja #mumbai #lalbaug #pooja #live #darshan @TwitterIndia @SrBachchan @NITIN_DESAI_ pic.twitter.com/hx4YwNr9l5

— Lalbaugcha Raja (@LalbaugchaRaja) September 12, 2018

Karad: Devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesha to be installed in a pandal ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Karad, Thursday, Sept 13, 2018.

Devotees transport idols of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai on September 13, 2018.

Click to close image, click and drag to move. Use arrow keys for next and previous. File Name : 13AFP-AFP_1922WQ.JPG File Size : 4928-3280 Source : AFP Uploaded By : Edition : Page No : An Indian priest offers prayers at the foot of a 57-foot (16-metre) tall idol of the Hindu deity Ganesh, popularly known as "Khairatabad Ganesh", during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad on September 13, 2018.