"Ganesh Chaturthi also known as Vinaya Chathurthu, is the festival day celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha. One of the great national festivals of India, and the foremost annual festival to Ganesha, it is celebrated on the chathurthi or fourth day after the new Moon in the Tamil month of Avani (August/September). He receives special pujas throughout the day and often a festival parade. Each year we obtain or make a small or large soft clay image of Ganapati and use it for worship at home for two to ten days after Ganesha Chaturthi."