Raritan river 9/25/15:

[AndyS]

Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the elephant-headed god Ganesha. Celebrations are traditionally held on the 4th day of the first fortnight in the month of Bhaadrapada, according to the Hindu calendar

[Trevordog]

I found the same elephant statue one day scuba diving near the boat ramp at Round Valley. I thought it was going to be another Brady Bunch Tiki idol and got freaked out. Thankfully no bad luck!!!

[RWole]

found a similar statue in the Delaware river a few years back. did not
know what the hell it was for.

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by RWole

found a similar statue in the Delaware river a few years back. did not
know what the hell it was for.

watch out! andy is going to be pissed at you for bringing that up

[AndyS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YldJ_MMqylo

[Polelock]

Charge them with illegal dumping in a waterway...

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by Polelock

Charge them with illegal dumping in a waterway...

that seems pretty xenophobic. it would be like ticketing someone for littering when they leave flowers or a candle where somebody they loved died in a car accident.

it would be nice if they cleaned them up afterwards, but i don't know the full religious significance (maybe it is supposed to stay in there), so i don't have a problem with this either way

[Mark B.]

In a thread about this a year or so ago, I recall that they got all of the necessary governmental permits.

And, said permits required that they only briefly immerse the statues in the river & then remove them.

As with the public in general, there are always some whom ignore regulations.

[Eskimo]

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They were on the Delaware River yesterday afternoon burning incense and floating flowers downstream.

I don't think they had a permit. Send in the police!

[Chrisper4694]

haha...oh boy