page_title: Water and religion
section_title: Immersion of deities
hierarchical_section_title: Water and religion / Immersion of deities
caption_attribution_description: Ganesh Visarjan at Girgaum Chowpatty c.2007
context_page_description: Water is considered a purifier in most religions.
context_section_description: In Hinduism, statues of Durga and Ganesh are immersed in rivers at the final stages of the festivals Durga Puja and Ganesh Chaturthi respectively.
  In Christianity, the baptism of Jesus is an important moment in Christian theology and is celebrated in Western Christianity as Epiphany. In the Christian East this feast is celebrated as Theophany on January 6.
caption: Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, India.
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