Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPeople place clay idols of Lord Ganesha in their home and worship them during the 10-day long festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ganesh Chaturthi is a major attraction in Maharashtra, where people celebrate it with great zeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ganesh Chaturthi is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, who is a symbol of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a ten-day festival, starting on the fourth day of Hindu Lunisolar calendar month Bhadrapada, which typically falls in the months of August or September of the Gregorian calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary stages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The festival ends on the tenth day after start, wherein the idol is immersed in a nearby body of water, thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesha is believed to return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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