✨Ganeshotsav - गणेशोत्सव

The first day of Ganeshotsav is celebrated as the birthday of Bhagwan Ganesh. Which is also known as Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganesh Chauth. Vinayak is another name for Shri Ganesh, so this festival is also called Vinayak Chaturthi.

In Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Goa, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, this festival is worshiped by families and groups by installing raw clay idols of Bhagwan Ganesh at home and in public pandals. . But in some states of North India celebrate this festival by installing a temporary statue of Bhagwan Ganesh in temples.

The last day of Ganeshotsav celebrated as Anant Chaturdashi(Anant Chodash) and in the indian state Maharashtra and Gujarat celebrates this day as Ganesh Visarjan(Ganpati Visarjan). Lord Ganesh idols are immersed in a large source of water such as the sea, river or a lake.

Few part of north India, people wear a thread with 14 Knots as resolution in their arm. This thread also anown as annant therefore called Anant Chaturdashi.

It is estimated that, during 1630–1680, the Ganesh Chaturthi festival was celebrated as a public ceremony in the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. At the time of Shivaji, this Ganeshotsav was started celebrated regularly as the patriarch of his empire. It was revived in 1893 by Lokmanya Tilak.

Raja of Lalbagh is one of the most popular public Ganesh Mandals in the world, located in South Mumbai, which is called Lalbaugcha Raja in Marathi. Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal was established in the year 1934. It is located in Lalbagh, Parel area of ​​Mumbai. http://www.lalbaugcharaja.com