Write and descriptive essay on Ganesh Chaturthi
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Ganesh Chaturthi is a ten-day Hindu festival celebrated to honour the elephant-headed God Ganesha's birthday. He is the younger son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. ... He is honoured at the start of rituals and ceremonies as he's considered the God of beginnings.
People worship the god of wisdom, knowledge and prosperity on Ganesh Chaturthi with complete devotion and faith. On Ganesh Chaturthi, people generally start their day with a bath in the morning, after which they wear clean clothes and perform the Ganpati Puja rituals.
In 1893, Tilak organised Ganesh Utsav as a social and religious function. It was him who put large hoarding with images of Lord Ganesh in pavilions and the man behind the tradition of immersion of huge Ganesh statues on the tenth day of the festival
It isn't clear when Ganesh Chaturthi was first celebrated. History records the festival being celebrated in Pune as a public event during the reign of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire in 1630-80. From 1749 till 1818, the Peshwas encouraged the celebrations in Pune.