Port-of-Spain, Aug 28 - Thousands of Hindus thronged temples across Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with devotees observing fast and chanting Vedic hymns.

Earthen idols are prepared and devotees here pay obeisance to Lord Ganesha. After Ganesh Chaturthi ends, the idols are immersed in the river or the sea.

Ganesh Utsav, which began Aug 23 and ends Sep 3, is also being observed by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS).

Pundit Doodnath Rampersad, spiritual leader of the Vishwanath Hindu Social and Cultural Organisation, said that his temple 'observes Ganesh Ustav as an annual ritual and as one passes by, plans are put in place for the incoming one'.