Ganesh Ganesha Chaturthi is observed in Nepal and by the Hindu diaspora elsewhere such as in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, the United States, and Europe.
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Beyond textual interpretations, archaeological and epigraphical evidence suggest Ganesha Chaturthi had become popular, was revered before the 8th century CE and numerous images of him are traceable to the 7th century or earlier.
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The Peshwa in the 18th century were devotees of Ganesha Chaturthi and started as a public Ganesh festival in their capital city of Pune during the month of Bhadrapad.
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Ganesha Chaturthi was the first to install large public images of Ganesha in pavilions in Bombay Presidency, and other celebratory events at the festival.
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In some households Ganesha idols are hidden, a feature unique to Ganesh Chaturthi in Goa due to a ban on clay Ganesha idols and festivals by the Jesuits as part of the Inquisition.
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In India, Ganesh Ganesha Chaturthi is primarily celebrated at home and in public by local community groups in the central and western states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Goa and the southern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha and in North eastern states of Assam.
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In Goa, Ganesh Ganesha Chaturthi is known as Chavath in Konkani and Parab or Parva ; it begins on the third day of the lunar month of Bhadrapada.
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In Pakistan, Ganesh Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations are conducted by the Shri Maharashtra Panchayat, an organisation for Maharashtrians in Karachi.
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Ganesh Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated in the UK by the British Hindu population living there.
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In Goa the sale of plaster-of-Paris Ganesha Chaturthi idols has been banned by the state government and celebrants are encouraged to buy traditional, artisan-made clay idols.
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