Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival of 11 days and is celebrated across the country as the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha.

When is Ganesh Chaturthi actually celebrated?

As per the Gregorian Calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi 2020 falls on 22nd of the August month. According to the Hindu Lunar calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi arrives on the fourth day of Shukla Paksha Chaturthi in the month of Bhadrapada and this festival ends on Anant Chaturdashi which arrives on the 14th day of a waxing moon.

Ganesh Chaturthi Significance

The auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is dedicated to Lord Ganesha who is depicted with an elephant head on the human body. This deity is considered as an administrator of all the powers like intelligence and self-realization which are symbols of peace of mind. A devotee must praise Lord Ganesha to attain control over mind and peace in life.

As per the historical records, the founder of the Maratha Empire Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi because Lord Ganesha was his family deity. This festival was later converted from private celebration to public celebration. Then later Bal Gangadhar Tilak who was a freedom fighter started celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in public to unite the people and show Britishers the strength of being united.

What to do on Ganesh Chaturthi

The most cheerful festival Ganesh Chaturthi starts with the establishment of precious Ganesh statues in the house and public places called Mandaps that are beautifully decorated by the devotees of Lord Ganesha. Devotees of Lord Ganesha offer him prayer and chant his name to seek blessings and they offer fruits, sweets, modak, jasmine flower, durvas to the divine form. On the day of Anand Chaturdashi, devotees demonstrate the statue of Lord Ganesha on the streets followed by dancing and singing and the celebrations end with immersing the statues of Lord Ganesha in the pond, lake or river.

Benefits of Ganesh Chaturthi

Worshipping Lord Ganesha on the most glamorous observance of Ganesh Chaturthi will bestow devotees with the following benefits:

• Devotees will lead a life with a lot of happiness.
• You will attain freedom from all kinds of difficulties and troubles of life.
• Lord Ganesha who is known as Lord of learning blessed his devotees with intelligence and wisdom
• Lord Ganesha drives way all the sorrows and miseries of life.
• Lord Ganesha removes all the obstacles and hurdles created by enemies and he will not allow any type of obstacle come in the path of his true devotees’ life.