Ganesh Chaturthi :-

The birth of Lord Ganesh is on the fourth day of the bright half of Bhadrapad (August-September). This festival is celebrated for 10 days from Ganesh Chaturthi to the final tenth day of his immersion.

In several states of India, but especially in Maharashtra, clay idols of Ganesha in Varying sizes are made and sold. The idols are purchased and brought to home the day previous to Ganesh Chaturdashi when women keep fast and invoke the blessing of goddess Parvati who is Ganesh's mother.

On the day of immersion, which is either the 3rd, 7th, or 10th day after performing "Puja" the idol is taken out in a procession by people who dance and sing on the 10th day, the Anant Chaturdashi day the sea fronts are packed with a surging mass of humanity as the idols of Ganesh are carried towards their watery rest.