By Neha Mewari | Aug 28, 2025
Modak, Lord Ganesha’s favorite sweet, is offered on Day 1 of Ganesh Chaturthi. Steamed with rice flour, coconut, jaggery, and ghee, it marks love and devotion while welcoming Bappa home.
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Coconut ladoo, symbolizing purity and devotion, is offered on Day 2 of Ganesh Chaturthi. Made with coconut and jaggery or milk, these sweets are quick, tasty, and stay fresh for days.
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Besan ladoo, made with roasted gram flour, ghee, and sugar, is a rich and aromatic sweet offered on Day 3 of Ganesh Chaturthi to please Lord Ganesha during rituals.
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Banana Sheera, made with semolina, ripe banana, ghee, and sugar, is a South Indian prasad offered in pujas, believed to calm and please the gods during Ganesh Chaturthi.
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Puran Poli, a Maharashtrian delicacy made with chana dal and jaggery, is served with ghee as prasad during Ganesh Chaturthi and on other festive occasions.
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Motichoor ladoo, made from tiny boondi soaked in syrup, are bright, delicious sweets often offered in temples and as prasad to Lord Ganesha during Ganesh Chaturthi.
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Sabudana kheer, made with tapioca pearls, milk, sugar, and cardamom, is a light and comforting sweet offered to Lord Ganesha, ideal for devotees observing fasts.
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Payasam, a South Indian kheer made with rice, jaggery, milk, and cardamom, is offered to Lord Ganesha for blessings of good health, happiness, and prosperity.
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A simple Ganesh puja can include sweet boondi or panchamrit (milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar), a sacred mix symbolizing the five elements of life offered to Lord Ganesha.
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On the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees offer modak along with fresh fruits like bananas, pomegranates, or guavas as a sweet thanksgiving to bid farewell to Bappa.
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