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Ganesh Chaturthi Traditions

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How Ganesh Chaturthi is actually celebrated — the specific practices, described plainly, and how they differ between states and communities.

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How Ganesh Chaturthi is actually celebrated

Specific practices rather than a general mood.

Bringing a clay Ganpati home, usually for one and a half, five, seven or ten days, and installing it on a decorated platform.
Daily morning and evening aarti with the Ganpati aarti and offerings of durva grass, red hibiscus, modak and coconut.
Modak and karanji as the standard prasad, both made at home in the days before.
Community pandals by neighbourhood mandals, with daily cultural programmes, bhajan nights and community meals.
Anant Chaturdashi immersion (visarjan) at the nearest water body or designated immersion tank, with the chant 'Ganpati Bappa Morya'.
Observing a ten-day fast, or at least the first and last day, in some households.
Atharvashirsha recitation in the mornings in Maharashtra, and the Vinayagar Agaval in Tamil households.

The national version of a festival is usually a compromise. This is the actual picture.

Maharashtra
The festival's heartland. Home Ganpatis for 1.5, 5, 7 or 10 days, hundreds of neighbourhood mandals with large idols, daily aarti, and Anant Chaturdashi immersion. Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja and Dagdusheth Halwai in Pune are the most visited pandals in the country.
Tamil Nadu
Observed as Vinayaka Chaturthi with a home puja, kolukattai as the offering, and Vinayagar Agaval recitation. The public pandal culture is minimal compared with Maharashtra.
Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh
Largely a domestic festival with home idols and modak or kudumulu offerings. Hyderabad and Bengaluru now have growing community celebrations.
Goa
Celebrated as Chavath, with the Gauri puja and a distinct Saraswat ritual sequence, plus the traditional matoli — an arrangement of wild fruits and vegetables suspended above the idol.
Delhi, UP, Punjab, Rajasthan
Ganesh Chaturthi is observed mainly at home and at community pandals in markets, with a shorter duration than in Maharashtra. It is not a regional holiday in the same way.