The Ganesh festival 印度甘奈施节

(Photo source: Reuters)

An artisan（工匠） puts the finishing touches（点睛之笔）to the idol of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha in Bangalore. The idols are being prepared for the Ganesh festival, a popular ten-day religious festival of India.

Ganesh festival is celebrated as the birthday of  Lord Ganesh. The festivities include fund-raising, building all kinds of innovative（创新的）forms Ganesh idols, organizing public performances of music and dance, cooking grand feasts（盛宴）and making a lot of noise. The festivities end when the idol of the year is immersed（沉入）in water, accompanied by loud shouts of Ganapati Bappa Moraya!

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一位工匠正为象头神甘奈施节的画像描画最后的点睛之笔。甘奈施节是用来纪念象头神甘奈施的生日，节日中人们为寺庙筹集基金、塑造各种各样甘奈施形象、组织大型的公众音乐、舞蹈表演，还烹饪美味的盛宴。节日最后以把象头神送入圣水为结束。