Diwali is the biggest and most important Hindu festival of the year. Large statues of gods are constructed, decorated, and worshipped over several days during the festival. Once it is over, the statues are ceremoniously brought down to the river and submerged in what is considered a full-circle sacrifice to ensure the god will return again next year.
Although I have seen these statues before during Dussehra, I've never seen the process of bringing them to the river. Because we are in a small town, apparently the procession is much more extravagant and there isn't any hesitation or repercussions of holding up traffic like there would be in Bangalore.
There is a virtually endless supply of these events to witness as individual families or neighborhoods would all get together and get their own statues made. I saw 6-7 of these events just in the few hours we were driving around town.
Note the guys in charge of using the tall poles to push up the electrical wires so that the statue can safely pass. 😁 They are a pretty lively group!
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