in the honour of which god is anant chaturdashi celebrated
Ganesh
title: Ganesh Jayanti text: Chaturthi festival is that the latter festival is observed in the month of August/September (Bhadrapada Hindu month). According to one tradition, Ganesh Chaturthi is also considered as the birthday of Ganesha. This festival of Ganesha is also called as the Tilo Chauth or Sakat Chauthis in Uttar Pradesh, where Ganesha is invoked on behalf of the son of a family. It is also called as Tilkund chaturthi in Maharashtra. As a legend narrated by Nandi to the Sanatkumara sages, god Krishna was charged with stealing as he saw the moon on Bhadrapad Shukla Chaturthi - which was prohibited. He observed title: Shashthi text: her worship. The worship of Shashthi is prescribed to occur on the sixth day of each lunar month of the Hindu calendar as well as on the sixth day after a child's birth. Barren women desiring to conceive and mothers seeking to ensure the protection of their children will worship Shashthi and request her blessings and aid. She is especially venerated in eastern India. Chhath is celebrated in Bihar in honour of her and Surya(sun god), twice in a year(In lunar months of Kartik, given more prominence and other one in Chaitra month.) Most scholars believe that Shashthi's roots can title: Sankashti Chaturthi text: believed that Ganesh bestows his presence on earth for all his devotees during this day. It is the day Shiva declared his son Ganesha as superior to all the gods, barring Vishnu, Lakshmi, Shiva and Parvati. Ganesh is widely worshipped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune and traditionally invoked at the beginning of any new venture or at the start of travel. Traditional stories tell that Ganesha was created by the goddess Parvati, consort of Shiva. Parvati created Ganesha out of sandalwood paste that she used for her bath and breathed life into the figure. She then title: Anant Chaturdashi text: Lord Vasupujya, 12th Tirthankara of the present cosmic cycle, attained nirvana. In parts of Bihar and Eastern U.P., the festival is closely linked to "kshirsagar" (Ocean of Milk) and Lord Vishnu's "Anant Roopa". Fourteen "tilaks" (small vertical strips) of vermilion are made on a wooden plank. Fourteen "puri" (fried wheat bread) and 14 "pua" (deep fried sweet wheat bread) are placed on the vermilion strips. A bowl containing "panchamrit" (made of milk, curd, jaggery, honey and ghee) symbolizing "kshirsagar" is placed on this wooden plank. A thread with 14 knots, symbolizing Lord Anant is wrapped on a cucumber and is title: Ganesh Chaturthi text: to be a favorite of Lord Ganesh. The festival ends on the tenth day after start,but we end it by one and a half day where 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 Ganesha is believed to return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva.The festival celebrates Lord Ganesha as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles as well as the god