As Mumbai gears up for Ganeshotsav, women artists across the city are playing an important role in giving Ganapati idols their final artistic touch. While idol-making and shaping have traditionally been seen as a male-dominated craft, painting, ornamentation and other finishing work have increasingly become a speciality for women artists. (Pics/Rane Ashish)

There was an outpouring of devotion visible across Mumbai on Sunday as the beloved elephant-headed God left various workshops in Lalbaug for the respective pandals. (Pics/Rane Ashish, Nimesh Dave and Ashish Raje)