Two Odissi dancers take a photo of the large Ganesh idol at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023.
Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A dancer performs a mix of bharatanatyam, kathak and folk dance onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A man in the crowd shouts “Ganapati Bappa Morya!” at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Students of Macha Swag Dance get ready to perform onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Bihu folk dance from Assam is performed onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Folk dance from Haryana is performed onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Folk dance from Odisha is performed onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Folk dance from Rajasthan is performed onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Shalini Datta wears a blue nauvari saree at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A large idol of Ganesh sits onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Sunny Moza emcees at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Ranjani Santosh looks up at the Ganesh idol during the aarti at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
The crowd at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A large idol of Ganesh is highlighted by a changing backdrop of effects at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Students of Gurus of Dance perform onstage at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Spartan Pathak gets ready to perform dhol tasha and lezim at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
A member of Spartan Pathak plays the dhol at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Festival goers use their smartphones at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
An idol of Ganesh gets read for visarjan at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
Water from the Ganesh visarjan is sprinkled on festival goers at Radio Zindagi’s Ganesh Utsav 2023 at Newpark Mall in Newark, Calif. on Sept. 24, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local

Sree Sripathy joined India Currents as a staff photographer and CatchLight Local Fellow as part of CatchLight's California Local Visual Desk program in June 2022. Reach out with story ideas or comments...