Thousands of British Hindus have travelled to Liverpool to take part in a religious ceremony on the River Mersey.
Over 5,000 pilgrims crowded onto boats and ferries to take part in religious rituals which included immersing a statue of the Elephant God, Lord Ganesh, in the river.
Dr Shiv Pande, secretary of the Indo British Association in the North which helped organise the ceremony said the River Mersey is worshipped by British Hindus as an English version of the River Ganges.
Wednesday’s event started at Liverpool Town Hall with Hindu leaders being greeted by the Lord Mayor, Paul Clark.
Afterwards Hindu pilgrims threw replica cobras, flowers, pictures and coins into the river.