Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular Indian festival, is celebrated every year in the month of Bhadrapada (August–September) with fervour across India. It marks Lord Ganesh's arrival from Kailash Parvat with mother Goddess Parvati. This year the 10-day festival will start on September 10 and conclude on September 21.Ganpati idols are brought home or worshipped in temples and pandals amid much fanfare. The festival begins with a ritual called pranapratishtha, to invoke life in the idols, and is followed by shhodashopachara, or the 16 ways of paying tribute. People decorate their houses, wear new clothes and offer modaks and other sweets as bhog to Lord Ganesha.Ganpati idols are decorated with flowers and sandalwood paste and worshipped during the festival. On the concluding day of the festival, the idols are immersed in water, signaling the lord's return to Kailash Parvat.Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Goa, West Bengal.
