Ganesh Chaturthi, that marks the birth of Lord Ganesha, began on Saturday. The 10-day festival begins with devotees bringing Ganesha idols to their homes. What follows is 10 days of celebrations, that end with the idols being immersed in water. This year, the festival is low-key due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s how India is celebrating the festival:

To mark the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees bring the deity’s idols to their homes
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty carrying an idol of Lord Ganesha, for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival
Mumbai: A devotee carries a Ganesh idol to his home on the eve of Ganpati festival, at Dadar in Mumbai.
Mumbai: People carry a Ganesh idol to their home on the eve of Ganpati festival, at Dadar in Mumbai.
This year’s celebrations are low-key due to the coronavirus pandemic
An artist working on an idol of Lord Ganesha slaying a structure resembling coronavirus with a trident
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi with message “May Lord Ganesha give us more power to fight against COVID-19”, at Puri beach in Odisha
A Mumbai artist displays a Ganesha idol installed with hand sanitiser dispenser
A man sprays disinfectant inside a pandal ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Kolkata.
Mumbai artist Shruti Shirke (top right) along with her team creates a mosaic portrait of Lord Ganesha using paper flower
Mumbai artist Vishal Shinde (41) gives a final touch to a clay idol of Lord Ganesha 
A woman artisan paints an idol of Lord Ganesh in Amritsar
An artisan gives a finishing touch to an idol of Lord Ganesh ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at her workshop in Kumartuli, Kolkata
People, violating social distancing norms, stepped out for shopping on the eve of Ganesha Chaturthi festival, at Dadar market in Mumbai, on Friday
Kite-maker Jagmohan Kanojia shows a kite with a picture of Lord Ganesha suspended inside a bulb, on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Amritsar
Bengaluru’s Sri Satya Ganapathi temple decorated with flowers, lights for Ganesh Chaturthi.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari offering prayers to Lord Ganesha, at his home in Nagpur, Maharashtra
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and his family offer prayers to Lord Ganesha at their residence in Mumbai.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant offered prayers to Lord Ganesha along with his family.
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy offers prayers at a Ganesha temple on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival