Chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts, prayers, processions, idol immersion
Ends
11 days after the start
Date
Bhadra Shukla Chaturthi
2023 date
19 September[1]
2024 date
7 September[2]
Frequency
Annual
Explanatory note
Hindu festival dates
The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day).
Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta / pūrṇimānta. If a festival falls in the waning phase of the moon, these two traditions identify the same lunar day as falling in two different (but successive) masa.
A lunar year is shorter than a solar year by about eleven days. As a result, most Hindu festivals occur on different days in successive years on the Gregorian calendar.
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Ganesh Chaturthi (ISO: Gaṇeśa Caturthī), also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi (Vināyaka Caturthī) or Vinayaka Chavithi (Vināyaka Cavithī) or Vinayagar Chaturthi (Vināyagar Caturthī), is a Hindu festival that tributes Hindu deity Ganesha.[3] The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha's clay 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).[3] Offerings and prasada from the daily prayers, that are distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modak as it is believed to be a favourite of Lord Ganesha.[4][5] The festival ends on the tenth day after start, when the Murti is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, 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.[6] Thereafter the clay Murti dissolves and Ganesha is believed to return to his celestial abode.[3][7]
The festival celebrates Ganesha as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles as well as the god of wisdom and intelligence[8][9] and is observed throughout the Indian subcontinent by Hindus, especially in the states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Goa, as well as Nepal.[3][10] Ganesh Chaturthi is also observed by the Hindu diaspora elsewhere such as in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa,[11] the United States, and Europe. In the Gregorian calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi falls between 22 August and 20 September every year.[7][12][13]
Although the origin of Ganesh Chaturthi remains unknown, it became increasingly popular after a public celebration was initiated by the prominent Anti-Colonial Freedom Fighter, Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, in Maharashtra in the year 1893. It was a means to form a "Hindu nationalist identity" and rebel against British rule.[14] Reading of texts, feasting, athletic and martial arts competitions are held at public venues.[15]
^"National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^"Calendar| National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ abcdGanesh Chaturthi: Hindu Festival, Encyclopædia Britannica (2014)
^Darra Goldstein (2015). The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. pp. 82, 254, 458. ISBN 978-0-19-931361-7.
^K. T. Achaya (2001). A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food. Oxford University Press. pp. 68–69, 132. ISBN 978-0-19-565868-2.
^"Ganesh Chaturthi 2019 in India – Dates & Map". rove.me. 17 March 2023.
^ abPatrick Taylor; Frederick I. Case (2013). The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions. University of Illinois Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-252-09433-0.
^Heras 1972, p. 58.
^Getty 1936, p. 5.
^Lawrence A. Babb (1975). The Divine Hierarchy: Popular Hinduism in Central India. Columbia University Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-231-08387-4.
^Ramesh Dutt Ramdoyal (1990). Festivals of Mauritius. Editions de l'Océan Indien. pp. 21–22.
^"Festivals, Cultural Events and Public Holidays in Mauritius". Mauritius Tourism Authority. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
^"Ganesh Chaturthi – CONCURSO FOTOGRÁFICO: MIGRACIONES INTERNACIONALES Y FRONTERAS". investigacion.cchs.csic.es.
^Lochtefeld, James G. (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M. Rosen. pp. 237, 697. ISBN 978-0-8239-3179-8.
^Royina Grewal (2009). The Book of Ganesha. Penguin Books. pp. 143–146. ISBN 978-0-14-306760-3.
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