Overview

• NDTV Profit lists Chaturthi Tithi from August 26, 1:54 p.m. to August 27, 3:44 p.m., with the Madhyahna puja muhurat on August 27 from 11:12 a.m. to 1:44 p.m.
• The festival follows a ten-day arc honoring Lord Ganesha with home and public idol installations, daily worship, and visarjan on Anant Chaturdashi featuring farewell processions.
• Most coverage places the start on Wednesday, August 27, with the ten-day celebration concluding on Saturday, September 6.
• News18 recommends a daily bhog plan that includes modak, shrikhand, motichoor laddu, payasam, banana sheera, medu vada, coconut rice, satori, puran poli, and rava pongal, noting modak as Ganesha’s favoured prasad.
• Republic World offers contemporary recipe twists such as ukdadiche modak with a bourbon biscuit filling, along with black sesame modak, seviyan kheer, almond and goji berry boondi laddoo, and sabudana tikki.