Ganesh Chaturthi

Also known as Ganesha Chaturthi, Pillayar Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chaturthi

multi-day Hindu festival revering god Ganesha (August–September)

Key facts

Official name: Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chavithi
Also called: Chavithi, Chouthi, Ganeshotsav, Gauri Ganesh
Observed by: Hindus around the world
Type: Religious
Significance: Commemorates the birth of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha
Celebrations: Chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts, prayers, processions, idol immersion
Ends: 5 and 7, & 9, 11 days after the start and 21 days after the start only in some regions of India
Date: Varies depending on lunar cycle as per Hindu calendar or Panchang
2025 date: 2025-08-27
2026 date: 2026-09-14
Frequency: Annual

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Ganesh Chaturthi (ISO: Gaṇeśa Caturthī) (transl. Ganesh Festival or the Festival of Ganesha on the Fourth Day), also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi (Vināyaka Caturthī), Vinayaka Chavithi (Vināyaka Cavithī), or Vinayagar Chaturthi (Vināyagar Caturthī), is a Hindu festival that is dedicated to the Hindu deity Ganesha. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha's murtis (devotional representations of a deity), privately in homes and publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary stages). Observances include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts, such as prayers and vrata (fasting). Offerings and prasada from the daily prayers, which are distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modak, as it is believed to be a favourite of Ganesha. The festival ends on the tenth day after its start, when the murti is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, and then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea, called visarjana on the day of Ananta Chaturdashi. In Mumbai alone, around 150,000 murtis are immersed annually. The villages Like saidapuram ,kadapa dist ,andhra Pradesh will Celebrate with every people in Village And Their Youth Name is Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj Youth It is a state festival of Indian state Maharashtra.

The festival celebrates Ganesha as the god of new beginnings, the remover of obstacles, and the god of wisdom, fortune, prosperity and intelligence. It is observed throughout the Indian subcontinent by Hindus, especially in the states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Goa, as well as Sri Lanka. Ganesh Chaturthi is also observed by the Hindu diaspora elsewhere such as in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, the United States, and Europe. In the Gregorian calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi falls between 22 August and 20 September every year.