{"id":23398,"date":"2026-09-22T03:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=23398"},"modified":"2026-09-22T03:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:14:27","slug":"where-does-ganesh-go-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2026\/09\/22\/where-does-ganesh-go-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Does Ganesh Go in the US!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INDIA, September 18, 2026 (News India Times): Every year, Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Pune, goes crazy with Ganesh Utsava celebrations. In Maharashtra, it is a high-energy, deeply emotional, 10-day cultural phenomenon. While South Indian traditions are heavily rooted in temple-centric, scriptural Agama protocols, Maharashtrian celebrations are defined by an exuberant blend of intimate household hospitality and massive, roaring community street festivals in Pandals. While South Indian temples chant Sanskrit hymns, the anthem of Ganeshotsav in Maharashtra is \u201cSukhakarta Dukhaharta,\u201d a Marathi Aarati composed by the 17th-century saint Samarth Ramdas. But, Ganesh also comes to the US, invited in both the South Indian and the Maharashtrian styles. He visits almost all of the US, from New York and New Jersey on the East Coast, to Washington and California on the West Coast, blending nostalgic Mumbai style celebrations with American suburban and urban celebrations<br><br>Major temples across the US celebrate Ganesh festival with traditional rituals. Temple celebrations focus on scriptural strictures including Ashtadravya Ganapathi Homam, Sahasranama Archana and daily Abhishekam with milk, honey and sacred waters. In New York, at the Maha Vallabh Ganpati Devsthanam, Flushing, the festival is a ten-day Utsavam with Abhishekam, children\u2019s puja, and ratha yatra. The Broome Street Ganesh Temple in Manhattan celebrates Ganesh festival with daily darshan and aaratis. In New Jersey, local regional temples, including the Sri Siddhi Vinayaka temple, attract large crowds of visitors. Sri Ganesh Temple in Plano, Texas, hosts a 10-day Ganesh festival with Ashtadravya Ganapathi Homam, Maha Mela and cultural Nada Samarpanam. The Bay Area Ganesh festival consists of grand sthapana, dhol-tasha, and community aaratis. South\/North Bay temples including the Hindu Temple of Fremont and SV Temple of San Jose celebrate with homams and other rituals.<br><br>Much more at source.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/newsindiatimes.com\/where-all-does-ganesh-go-in-the-us\/\">https:\/\/newsindiatimes.com\/where-all-does-ganesh-go-in-the-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIA, September 18, 2026 (News India Times): Every year, Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Pune, goes crazy with Ganesh Utsava celebrations.,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23417,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23398\/revisions\/23417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}