A modak is a sweet dumpling popular in Western and Southern India. It is called modak in Marathi and Konkani as well as Gujrati language, modhaka or kadubu in Kanada, modhakao kozhakkattai in Tamil and kudumu in Telugu. Modaks have a special importance in the worship of the Hindu god Ganrsha; modak is believed to be his favorite food, which begets him the moniker modakapriya (the one who likes modak) in Sanskrit. During the Ganesh worship ceremony, known in India as Ganesh Chaturthi, the pooja always concludes with an offering of twentyone modaks to the deity and as prasad.