<P> The festival celebrates Lord Ganesha as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles and is observed throughout India , especially in the states of Maharashtra , Goa , Telangana , Gujarat and Chhattisgarh , and is usually celebrated privately at home in states of Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh . Ganesh Chaturthi is also observed in Nepal and by the Hindu diaspora elsewhere such as in the Trinidad , Suriname , Fiji , Mauritius , United States and in Europe ( in Tenerife ) . </P>
who is ganesh the god who is celebrated at the ganesh chaturthi festival
the God of New Beginnings the Remover of Obstacles