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Collectors Pabsetti Shekhar and his wife Pabsetti Anuradha perform ritual prayers to idols of Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu lord, at their home in Hyderabad on Tuesday, September 18, the day before the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival. Shekhar, 50, has a collection of 12,022 Ganesh idols. Hindu devotees bring home idols of Lord Ganesha in order to invoke his blessings for wisdom and prosperity ahead of the 11-day Ganesha Festival beginning Wednesday.