Source: Agence France Presse
PARIS, FRANCE, September 9, 2002: An estimated 5,000 people marched through central Paris on Sunday in celebration of the Hindu festival of Ganesh, the God of wisdom and success, officials said. The festival in Paris of Ganesh, the elephant-headed son of Siva, first started in France in 1995. The mostly Tamil Hindu community in France is estimated at 135,000 people who come from Sri Lanka and India as well as Vietnam, Nepal, Mauritius and Madagascar.