Ganesh Chaturthi

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🙏          Happy Ganesh Chaturthi       🙏

Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturti, or Vinayaka Chaviti is a Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesh to earth from Kailash Parvat with his mother Goddess Parvati/Gauri.                                 

Ganeshotsav celebrations were popularized in the late 19th century when freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak decided to organize elaborate pandals in Pune in 1893.

The primary sweet dish during the festival is Modak (modak in Marathi and Konkani, modakam or kudumu in Telugu, modaka or kadubu in Kannada, kozhakatta or modakkam in Malayalam and kozhukattai or modagam in Tamil).

Although it is unknown when (or how) Ganesh Chaturthi was first observed, the festival has been publicly celebrated in Pune since the era of Shivaji (1630–1680, founder of the Maratha Empire). The Peshwa rulers in the 18th century were devotees of Ganesh and started a public Ganesh festival in their capital city of Pune during the month of Bhadrapad