i want an essay on why is ganesh chaturthi celebratedand whatis it's importance

Few points which you might want to include in your essay are:

- Shree Ganesha is an elephant-headed God who is prayed all over the country. However, the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated mainly in Maharashtra.

- Ganesha is prayed and revered in India because of a very significant reason. It is said that Lord Shiva had once said: "This valiant boy will be my son. He will be respected as any other God and will be worshipped before any other God. He will be called Ganesh, the chief of my Ganas or attendants, and also Vigneshwar , the remover of all obstacles."

- This festival is also known as Vinayak Chaturthi, celebrated on the occasion of Shree Ganesha's birthday.

- Two to three months before Ganesh Chaturthi, artistic plaster of Paris (originally clay) models of Lord Ganesha are made for sale by specially skilled artisans. They are beautifully decorated and depict Lord Ganesh in poses. The size of these statues may vary from 3/4 of an inch to over 70 feet.

- Ganesh Chaturthi starts with the installation of these Ganesh statues in colorfully decorated homes and specially erected temporary structures pandals in every locality.

- This is followed by puja, processions, celebrations, and finally immersions in the sea.

- It is not known when and how Ganesh Chaturthi was first celebrated. Ganesh Chaturthi was being celebrated as a public event in Pune since the times of Shivaji (1630-1680), the founder of the Maratha Empire.

- One might wander what harm these immersions cause to the environment. However, a point to be noted here is that traditionally, the idol was sculpted out of mud taken from nearby one’s home. After the festival, it was returned back to the Earth by immersing it in a nearby water body. This cycle was meant to represent the cycle of creation and dissolution in Nature.