The 10-day festival begins on the fourth day of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, which usually falls between mid-August and mid-September
Ganesha is offered and modak dumplings, which are considered to be favourite food. The steamed sweet is made with rice flour and the filling usually comprises a mixture of coconut, jaggery and saffron. Other traditional delicacies made for the occasion include puran poli, a stuffed flat bread filled with chana dal, sugar and nutmeg.include many public activities, such as local communities competing to put up the biggest statue, singing, art presentations and yoga demonstrations.
Ganesh Chaturthi became the festival-style public celebration it is in India today when the Maratha ruler Shivaji used it to encourage nationalist sentiment among his subjects, who were fighting the Mughals. In 1893, when the British banned political assemblies, the festival was revived by the Indian nationalist leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
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