Question: why are the ganesh statues immersed in water at the end of the festival

title: Ganesh Chaturthi
text: Ganesh Chaturthi ( IAST : Gaṇēśa Chaturthī ) , also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi ( Vināyaka Chaturthī ) is the Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesha . A ten - day festival , it starts on the fourth day of Hindu luni - solar calendar month Bhadrapada , which typically falls in Gregorian months of August or September . The festival is marked with installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes , or publicly on elaborate pandals ( temporary stage ) . Observations include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts such as Ganapati Upanishad , prayers and vrata ( fasting ) . Offerings and prasada from the daily prayers , that is distributed from the pandal to the community , include sweets such as modaka believed to be a favorite of the elephant - headed deity . The festival ends on the tenth day after start , wherein the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting , then immersed in nearby water body such as a river or ocean , thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesha is believed to return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva . 

Answer: answer: Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesha. The festival ends on the tenth day, wherein the idol is carried in a public procession, then immersed in nearby water body such as a river or ocean, thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesha is believed to return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva.