Ganesh Chaturthi , also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi (Vinayak Chaturthi), is a Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesh to earth from Kailash Parvat with his mother Goddess Parvati/Gauri. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesh clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary stages). Observations include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts such as, prayers and vrat (fasting).[3] Offerings and prasad from the daily prayers,  that  are distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modak as it is believed to be a favourite of Lord Ganesh. The festival ends on the tenth day after start, when the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea. In Mumbai alone, around 150,000 statues are immersed annually. Thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesh is believed to return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva. The festival celebrates Lord Ganesh as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles as well as the god of wisdom and intelligence and is observed throughout India, especially in the states such as Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, and is usually celebrated privately at home in Tamil Nadu. Ganesh Chaturthi is also observed in Nepal and by the Hindu people elsewhere such as in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa[12] United States, and Europe. In the Gregorian calendar Ganesh Chaturthi falls between 22 August and 20 September every year. 
 At public venues, along with the reading of texts and group feasting, athletic and martial arts competitions are also held.[15]
 I like GaneshChaturthi as there are a lot of sweets offered to ganesha and other people, every year there is a function in our apartment with lots of fun and devotion by everyone serving Ganesha. He generally stays here for 3 days after which a group of people go for visarjan to nearby lake. Ganesh Chaturthi is generally on week days because of which we also get 2-3 days  of holiday.