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  2. Ganesh Chaturthi - Wikipedia

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    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 [note 2], 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 ...

  3. List of Hindu festivals in Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    Festival of Lord Ganesh. Through, Lokmanya Tilak's efforts Ganeshotsav became a public celebration a century ago. However, families install their own clay (called shadu in Marathi) Ganpati in their house on Ganesh Chaturthi for family observation of the festival.

  4. Siddhivinayak Temple, Siddhatek - Wikipedia

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    The temple celebrates three main festivals. The Ganesh Chaturthi festival is celebrated from the first to the fifth day of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, where Ganesh Chaturthi is the fourth day. A festival is held to commemorate the birthday of GaneshaGanesha Jayanti, on the fourth day of the Hindu month of Magha. This festival is ...

  5. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Ganesh Chaturthi. or Vinayaka Chavithi. Ganesh Visarjan in Mumbai: Fourth day of the waxing moon of Bhadrapada (Hindu calendar) Vinayaka Chavithi or Ganesh Chaturthi is the celebrated as the arrival of Ganesh on the earth. It is very important festival in Maharashta. Ganesh Festival celebrated in Pune in very traditional way. Nuakhai

  6. Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple - Wikipedia

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    Ganesh Chaturthi and Ganesh Jayanti is celebrated with great fervour, when more than 500,000 people congregate for worship in the temple. Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganeshotsav is the central festival of Ganesha that falls on the fourth day of the bright lunar fortnight in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada (August–September).

  7. Public holidays in India - Wikipedia

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    Ganesh Chaturthi: Floating Hindu festival as a tribute to Lord Ganesha, celebrated on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada in the Hindu calendar [19] January: Makar Sankranti / Pongal: Floating Hindu festival marking the transition of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn and dedicated to the solar deity Surya. [20] June ...

  8. Culture of Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular festival in the state. Maharashtra is the third largest state of India in terms of land area and second largest in terms of population in India. . It has a long history of Marathi saints of Varakari religious movement, such as Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhamela, Eknath and Tukaram which forms the one of bases of the culture of Maharashtra or Marathi culture.

  9. Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai - Wikipedia

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    The Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ganesha.It is located in Prabhadevi neighbourhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. [1] It was originally built by Laxman Vithu and Deubai Patil on 19 November 1801.