It is celebrated in the southern part of the country including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and other states. Gradually It is becoming popular all over the world. Foreign lands like Malaysia, Canada, Thailand, Mauritius, and others have taken up to follow this festival with a fantastic celebratory urge.

Goddess Parvati created Ganesha from the sandalwood dough which she used while bathing. She then infused life into the mold and set him to guard the door while she went in to bathe. When her husband, Lord Shiva returned, Ganesha did not allow him to enter. In his fit of rage lord, Shiva beheaded Ganesha. When Parvati came to know about the incident, she asked Shiva to revive her son. To pacify the grief of his wife, Shiva replaced her son’s head with that of an elephant, and thus the elephant head god Ganesha was born

The Lord is worshiped with great devotion and prayers are performed daily. Huge Lord Ganpati statue can be spotted in the streets where a large number of people gather and offer prayers together. On the tenth day, the statues are carried on decorated floats and immersed in the sea. Many people take part in the immersion of the idols in the sea. The people gather together to dance, sing, offer prayers and explode firecrackers on the way to Lord’s immersion. They ask for the lord’s blessings and to come back to their home the next year.