It is time to celebrate one of the biggest festival in India, Ganesh Chaturthi. This festival is celebrated all over India in different states but in Maharashtra it is celebrated in an emphatic and beautiful way.
Why do we celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi?
The Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival which celebrates the birth of God Ganesh. In this festival people make clay idols of Ganesh Ji and we perform daily rituals by offering him his favourite sweet Modak.
Maharashtra’s significance on celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi.
Maharashtra celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi in an unmatched way due to Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s vision during the British rule for uniting the people of Maharashtra in the freedom movement. There are huge Ganesh idols which are made for the conclusion of Ganesh Chaturthi by Ganpati Visarjan. (In Ganpati Visarjan the idols of made by the people are immersed into the water bodies.
How people started celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi?
People started celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in 1893 due to Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s vision of reuniting the people of Maharashtra to resist the British Colonial Rule.
What people of India think about celebrating the Ganesh Chaturthi?
The people across India celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi because it marks the birthday of God Ganesh and people see it as a celebratory festival and it is celebrated by them for new beginnings, Wisdom and Good Fortune.
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to everyone. 🎉🎊
Yoo Bharat 
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