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	\|date2020 = 22 August (Sat)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.india.gov.in/calendar?date=2020-08\|title=National Portal of India\|website=www.india.gov.in\|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>		\|date2020 = 22 August (Sat)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.india.gov.in/calendar?date=2020-08\|title=National Portal of India\|website=www.india.gov.in\|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>
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	\|celebrations = Chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts, prayers, last day: processions, idol immersion		\|celebrations = Chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts, prayers, last day: processions, idol immersion
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	'''Ganesh Chaturthi''' ([[ISO 15919\|ISO]]: {{transl\|sa\|ISO\|Gaṇeśa Caturthī}}), also known as '''Vinayaka Chaturthi''' ({{transl\|sa\|ISO\|Vināyaka Caturthī}}), or '''Vinayaka Chaviti''' ({{transl\|sa\|ISO\|Vināyaka Cavitī}}) is a [[Hindu festival]] celebrating the arrival of [[Ganesh\|Lord Ganesh]] to earth from ''[[Kailash Parvat]]'' with his mother Goddess [[Parvati]]/[[Mahagauri\|Gauri]]. The festival is marked with the installation of Lord Ganesh's clay [[murti]]s privately in homes and publicly by [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak\|Shri Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak in [[Pune]] in the year 1893 on elaborate [[pandal]]s (temporary stages). Observations include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts such as, prayers and ''[[vrata]]'' (fasting).<ref name="gcbritannica" /> Offerings and ''[[prasāda]]'' from the daily prayers, that are distributed from the pandal to the community, include [[South Asian sweets\|sweets]] such as [[modak]]a as it is believed to be a favourite of Lord Ganesh.<ref name="goldstein82">{{cite book\|title= The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets\| author=Darra Goldstein\| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=R1bCBwAAQBAJ\| year=2015\|publisher= Oxford University Press\|isbn= 978-0-19-931361-7\|pages= 82, 254, 458}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=K. T. Achaya\|title=A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8ERHQAACAAJ\|year=2001\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-565868-2\|pages=68–69, 132}}</ref> The festival ends on the tenth day after start, when the idol 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 visarjan.. In Mumbai alone, around 150,000 statues are immersed annually.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://rove.me/to/india/ganesh-chaturthi\|title=Ganesh Chaturthi 2019 in India – Dates & Map\|website=rove.me}}</ref> Thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesh is believed to return to Mount [[Kailash]] to [[Parvati]] and [[Shiva]].<ref name=gcbritannica>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ganesh-Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi: Hindu Festival], Encyclopædia Britannica (2014)</ref><ref name=taylor332>{{cite book\|author1=Patrick Taylor\|author2=Frederick I. Case\|title=The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOyYCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA332 \|year=2013\|publisher=University of Illinois Press\|isbn=978-0-252-09433-0\|page= 332}}</ref> The festival celebrates Lord Ganesh as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles as well as the god of wisdom and intelligence{{Sfn\|Heras\|1972\|p=58}}{{Sfn\|Getty\|1936\|p= 5}} and is observed throughout India, especially in the states such as [[Maharashtra]] and [[Goa]].<ref name="gcbritannica" /><ref name="babb62">{{cite book\|author=Lawrence A. Babb\|title=The Divine Hierarchy: Popular Hinduism in Central India\|url=https://archive.org/details/divinehierarchy00lawr \|url-access=registration\|year=1975\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=978-0-231-08387-4\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/divinehierarchy00lawr/page/62 62]–63}}</ref> Ganesh Chaturthi is also observed in [[Nepal]] and 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]],<ref>{{cite book\|author=Ramesh Dutt Ramdoyal\|title=Festivals of Mauritius\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OB_gAAAAMAAJ\|year=1990\|publisher=Editions de l'Océan Indien\|pages=21–22}}</ref> [[United States]], and [[Europe]]. In the Gregorian calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi falls between 22 August and 20 September every year.<ref name="taylor332" /><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/discover/festivals.html\|title=Festivals, Cultural Events and Public Holidays in Mauritius\|publisher=Mauritius Tourism Authority\|access-date=28 January 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120005942/http://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/discover/festivals.html\|archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/concursomigraciones/content/ganesh-chaturthi\|title=Ganesh Chaturthi – CONCURSO FOTOGRÁFICO: MIGRACIONES INTERNACIONALES Y FRONTERAS\|website=investigacion.cchs.csic.es}}</ref>		'''Ganesh Chaturthi''' ([[ISO 15919\|ISO]]: {{transl\|sa\|ISO\|Gaṇeśa Caturthī}}), also known as '''Vinayaka Chaturthi''' ({{transl\|sa\|ISO\|Vināyaka Caturthī}}), or '''Vinayaka Chaviti''' ({{transl\|sa\|ISO\|Vināyaka Cavitī}}) is a [[Hindu festival]] celebrating the arrival of [[Ganesh\|Lord Ganesh]] to earth from ''[[Kailash Parvat]]'' with his mother Goddess [[Parvati]]/[[Mahagauri\|Gauri]]. The festival is marked with the installation of Lord Ganesh's clay [[murti]]s privately in homes and publicly by [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak\|Shri Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak in [[Pune]] in the year 1893 on elaborate [[pandal]]s (temporary stages). Observations include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts such as, prayers and ''[[vrata]]'' (fasting).<ref name="gcbritannica" /> Offerings and ''[[prasāda]]'' from the daily prayers, that are distributed from the pandal to the community, include [[South Asian sweets\|sweets]] such as [[modak]]a as it is believed to be a favourite of Lord Ganesh.<ref name="goldstein82">{{cite book\|title= The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets\| author=Darra Goldstein\| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=R1bCBwAAQBAJ\| year=2015\|publisher= Oxford University Press\|isbn= 978-0-19-931361-7\|pages= 82, 254, 458}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=K. T. Achaya\|title=A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8ERHQAACAAJ\|year=2001\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-565868-2\|pages=68–69, 132}}</ref> The festival ends on the tenth day after start, when the idol 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 visarjan. In Mumbai alone, around 150,000 statues are immersed annually.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://rove.me/to/india/ganesh-chaturthi\|title=Ganesh Chaturthi 2019 in India – Dates & Map\|website=rove.me}}</ref> Thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesh is believed to return to Mount [[Kailash]] to [[Parvati]] and [[Shiva]].<ref name=gcbritannica>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ganesh-Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi: Hindu Festival], Encyclopædia Britannica (2014)</ref><ref name=taylor332>{{cite book\|author1=Patrick Taylor\|author2=Frederick I. Case\|title=The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOyYCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA332 \|year=2013\|publisher=University of Illinois Press\|isbn=978-0-252-09433-0\|page= 332}}</ref> The festival celebrates Lord Ganesh as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles as well as the god of wisdom and intelligence{{Sfn\|Heras\|1972\|p=58}}{{Sfn\|Getty\|1936\|p= 5}} and is observed throughout India, especially in the states such as [[Maharashtra]] and [[Goa]].<ref name="gcbritannica" /><ref name="babb62">{{cite book\|author=Lawrence A. Babb\|title=The Divine Hierarchy: Popular Hinduism in Central India\|url=https://archive.org/details/divinehierarchy00lawr \|url-access=registration\|year=1975\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=978-0-231-08387-4\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/divinehierarchy00lawr/page/62 62]–63}}</ref> Ganesh Chaturthi is also observed in [[Nepal]] and 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]],<ref>{{cite book\|author=Ramesh Dutt Ramdoyal\|title=Festivals of Mauritius\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OB_gAAAAMAAJ\|year=1990\|publisher=Editions de l'Océan Indien\|pages=21–22}}</ref> [[United States]], and [[Europe]]. In the Gregorian calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi falls between 22 August and 20 September every year.<ref name="taylor332" /><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/discover/festivals.html\|title=Festivals, Cultural Events and Public Holidays in Mauritius\|publisher=Mauritius Tourism Authority\|access-date=28 January 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120005942/http://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/discover/festivals.html\|archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/concursomigraciones/content/ganesh-chaturthi\|title=Ganesh Chaturthi – CONCURSO FOTOGRÁFICO: MIGRACIONES INTERNACIONALES Y FRONTERAS\|website=investigacion.cchs.csic.es}}</ref>

	At public venues, along with the reading of texts and group feasting, athletic and martial arts competitions are also held.<ref name="Grewal2009">{{cite book\|author=Royina Grewal\|title=The Book of Ganesha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0xzlP9CXUQsC&pg=PA143\|year=2009\|publisher=Penguin Books\|isbn=978-0-14-306760-3\|pages=143–146}}</ref>		At public venues, along with the reading of texts and group feasting, athletic and martial arts competitions are also held.<ref name="Grewal2009">{{cite book\|author=Royina Grewal\|title=The Book of Ganesha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0xzlP9CXUQsC&pg=PA143\|year=2009\|publisher=Penguin Books\|isbn=978-0-14-306760-3\|pages=143–146}}</ref>
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	==Celebration in India ==		==Celebration in India ==
	In India, Ganesh Chaturthi is primarily celebrated at home and in public by local community groups in the central and western states of [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Goa]] and the southern states of [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Tamil Nadu]]~~, [[Kerala]]~~ and eastern states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]] and In North eastern states of [[Assam]].{{citation needed\|date=September 2019}}.		In India, Ganesh Chaturthi is primarily celebrated at home and in public by local community groups in the central and western states of [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Goa]] and the southern states of [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Tamil Nadu]] and eastern states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]] and In North eastern states of [[Assam]].{{citation needed\|date=September 2019}}.

	==={{anchor\|Celebration at Home}}Domestic celebration===		==={{anchor\|Celebration at Home}}Domestic celebration===
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	[[File:Ganesha festival Antwerp6.jpg\|thumb\|Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Antwerp, Belgium]]		[[File:Ganesha festival Antwerp6.jpg\|thumb\|Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Antwerp, Belgium]]
	[[File:Ganesh Paris 2004 DSC08471.JPG\|thumb\|right\|280px\|[[Ganesh]] Chaturthi celebration by the [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] community in [[France]]]]		[[File:Ganesh Paris 2004 DSC08471.JPG\|thumb\|right\|280px\|[[Ganesh]] Chaturthi celebration by the [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] community in [[France]]]]
	In Pakistan, Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations are conducted by the Shri Maharashtra Panchayat, an organisation for [[Maharashtrians]] in Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/karachi-celebrates-ganeshotsav-with-much-zest-and-zeal-340815-2016-09-13\|title=Karachi celebrates Ganeshotsav with much zest and zeal\|~~first1~~=Kamlesh Damodar ~~Sutar~~\|~~last1~~=~~MumbaiSeptember 13~~\|~~first2=2016UPDATED\|last2~~=September 13~~\|first3=~~2016 ~~14:50\|last3=Ist~~\|website=India Today\|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>		In Pakistan, Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations are conducted by the Shri Maharashtra Panchayat, an organisation for [[Maharashtrians]] in Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/karachi-celebrates-ganeshotsav-with-much-zest-and-zeal-340815-2016-09-13\|title=Karachi celebrates Ganeshotsav with much zest and zeal\|first=Kamlesh Damodar \|last=Sutar\|date=September 13, 2016\|website=India Today\|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>

	Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in the [[UK]] by the [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom\|British Hindu]] population living there. The Hindu Culture and Heritage Society, a [[Southall]]-based organisation, celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi for the first time in London in 2005 at the Vishwa Hindu Temple; and the idol was immersed in the [[River Thames]] at [[Putney Pier]]{{Citation needed\|reason=Your explanation here\|date=August 2017}}. Another celebration, organised by a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] group, has been celebrated in [[Southend-on-Sea]], and attracted an estimated 18,000 devotees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/4573277.thousands-turn-out-for-hindu-festival-at-shoebury-east-beach/ \|title=Thousands turn out for Hindu Festival at Shoebury East Beach\|date=1 September 2009\|website=Southend Standard\|access-date=25 September 2015\|quote=It is thought as many as 18,000 people attended from across Essex, Kent, Middlesex, London, the Midlands and even India.}} [https://www.hindujagruti.org/news/7763.html Alternate Link]</ref> Annual celebrations are also held on the [[River Mersey]] in [[Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7615595.stm\|title= River marks religious ceremony\|work=bbc.co.uk\|publisher=BBC News\|date= 14 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2010/09/23/river-mersey-festival-to-celebration-hindus-birthday-of-lord-ganesh-92534-27325616/\|title=Liverpool Echo: Latest Liverpool and Merseyside news, sports and what's on\|work=liverpoolecho}}</ref>		Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in the [[UK]] by the [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom\|British Hindu]] population living there. The Hindu Culture and Heritage Society, a [[Southall]]-based organisation, celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi for the first time in London in 2005 at the Vishwa Hindu Temple; and the idol was immersed in the [[River Thames]] at [[Putney Pier]]{{Citation needed\|reason=Your explanation here\|date=August 2017}}. Another celebration, organised by a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] group, has been celebrated in [[Southend-on-Sea]], and attracted an estimated 18,000 devotees.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/4573277.thousands-turn-out-for-hindu-festival-at-shoebury-east-beach/ \|title=Thousands turn out for Hindu Festival at Shoebury East Beach\|date=1 September 2009\|website=Southend Standard\|access-date=25 September 2015\|quote=It is thought as many as 18,000 people attended from across Essex, Kent, Middlesex, London, the Midlands and even India.}} [https://www.hindujagruti.org/news/7763.html Alternate Link]</ref> Annual celebrations are also held on the [[River Mersey]] in [[Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7615595.stm\|title= River marks religious ceremony\|work=bbc.co.uk\|publisher=BBC News\|date= 14 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2010/09/23/river-mersey-festival-to-celebration-hindus-birthday-of-lord-ganesh-92534-27325616/\|title=Liverpool Echo: Latest Liverpool and Merseyside news, sports and what's on\|work=liverpoolecho}}</ref>

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