Ganesha Chaturthi: The Festival of Ganesha This coming Monday is Ganesha Chaturthi.  For those of you who don’t know, Ganesha Chaturthi is a Hindu festival celebrated on the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati.  It is the day that Shiva declared his son Ganesha superior to all the other gods, with the exceptions of Vishnu, Lakshmi, …