Twitter to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with special emoji

Mumbai: Micro-blogging website Twitter has introduced a special emoji for Ganesh festival to please millions of its users. When people tweet using hashtags like #GaneshChaturthi, #HappyGaneshChaturthi or #Ganeshotsav, a Lord Ganesha emoji will be activated next to the hashtag. It will go live between September 4 and September 15 -the last day of 10-day festival.

''We are launching a special Twitter emoji for Ganesh Chaturthi to delight our millions of Indian users celebrating this moment,'' said Viral Jain, Head (Media partnerships), Twitter India, in a statement. During the festival, people can share photos and videos of their favourite pandals, decorations, street processions, food and sweets and traditional clothes, among others. (UNI)