象头神格涅什，也译作甘尼许，是印度教里最受欢迎的神明之一，被视为智慧之神和扫除障碍之神。他的形象很好认：象头、大肚子，常常只有一根完整的象牙，身边总跟着一只小老鼠，那是他的坐骑。

Ganesha, also written Ganesh, is one of the most beloved gods in Hinduism, honoured as the god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles. He is easy to recognise: an elephant head, a round belly, often only one whole tusk, and a little mouse beside him, which is the animal he rides.

每年公历8月到9月间，印度各地都会庆祝「象头神节」，孟买的庆典尤其盛大。1893年，社会活动家提拉克把这个节日办成了全城共同参与的公共节庆，人们把巨大的象头神像迎回城里，节日结束时再送入大海。

Every year in August or September, people across India celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, and the festival in Mumbai is especially grand. In 1893 the social reformer Lokmanya Tilak turned it into a public festival for the whole city: huge statues of Ganesha are welcomed in, and at the end of the festival they are carried into the sea.

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