<span style="color: #222222;">Vinayaga Chaturthi is being celebrated with religious gaiety and traditional fervor across Tamil Nadu. The devotees installed the Ganesha idols in their houses and paid obeisance by offering the traditional puja articles including fruits. People thronged to the markets to purchase the Ganesha Chaturthi special articles yesterday.<br />''<br />''This year the public installation of the Vinayaga idols are found largely missing due to the Covid restrictions. However, the Madras High Court has permitted immersion of idols installed in houses in water bodies on the culmination of the festival.<br />''<br />''Tamil Nadu Governor Bunwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy and several leaders have greeted people on the occasion of the Ganesha Chaturthi festival.</span><br />