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Anant Chaturdashi is the last day of the Hindu festival of Ganeshotsav. It is generally the tenth or eleventh day after Ganesh Chaturthi and all the ganesh idols brought into homes and communities are immersed into the sea or nearby lakes and rivers. On this day, people travel to the water front with the idols, big and small, dancing and singing in large processions. Lord Ganesha is departed, only to be welcomed the next year with equal excitement. Ganeshotsav is an annual Hindu festival. ...

  • Pictures of Ganesh Visarjan on Anant Chaturdashi
Festivals in the Hindu calendar
Sankranti | Hosa Varsha | Gowri Habba | Anantana Vrata | Bheemana Amaavaase | Satyanarayana Pooja | Datta Jayanti | Pongal | Holi | Ugadi | Rama Navami | Krishna Janmaashtami | Onam | Ganesh Chaturthi | Vaisakhi | Navratri | Durga Puja | Vijayadashami | Dasara | Karwa Chauth | Deepawali | Thaipusam | Maha Shivaratri | Ekadasi | Mahalakshmi vrata | Raksha Bandhan | Bhai-Dooj/Bhau-Beej | Puthandu
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Festivals - Baisaki: Punjab New Year (535 words)
Chaturdashi, the tenth day after Ganesh Chaturthi, is the day when the idols of Ganesha are immersed in water.
On this day, which is the fourteenth day of the shukla paksha (the bright phase of the moon) in the Indian lunar month of Bhadrapada, people observe a vow in honour of Vishnu.
On Anant Chaturdashi, the image of a hooded cobra is fashioned out of darbha (grass), and is worshipped with flowers and incense as Anant, the divine snake on whom Lord Vishnu lies.
Paryushana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (723 words)
The Digambaras celebrate Ananta-chaturdashi on the chaturdashi, special worship is done on this day.
It may be undertaken during Shukla Panchami to Chaturdashi of Bhadrapada, Magh or Chaitra.
However it is common to do it during Bhadrapada, in which case it starts with Paryushana.
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