PM Modi extends greetings on Ganesh Chaturthi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended greetings to the nation on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

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Taking to the Twitter, the Prime Minister wished the nation and said, "Greetings on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi."

The nation will today observe Ganesh Chaturthi, a Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesha.

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The ten-day festival, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi , falls on the fourth day of the Hindu month Bhadrapada, usually in August or September.

On the last day of the festival, the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in nearby water body. (ANI)

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