Ganesh Chathurthy was introduced by Maratha Emperor Shivaji. He wanted to instil patriotism in the minds of Indians through religion to counter the influence of Islam spread by the Mughals.

Shivaji, the Maratha emperor rebelled against Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor. He revived the Ganesh Chaturthi festival (of Thamizh Aaseevaham origin) to bring unity among the divided locals and to instil Indianism and patriotism – not for purely religious reasons). This gained popularity slowly among neighbouring regions but was, as usual, hijacked by the Jewish Aryans as a country-wide Hindu religious festival for selfish reasons.