Ganesh
Lord
Ganesha is well-known god for
the Hindus. Lord Ganesh is the son of Lord
Shiva and Devi Parvati. A
celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi Puja
falls on the Birth anniversary of Lord
Ganesha.
The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha clay idols
privately in homes, or publicly or elaborate pandals. In every year lord Ganesh
comes our homes to bless us with happiness and prosperity. Like all the
festivals in India, Ganesh Chaturthi
is one of the most colourful and exciting celebrations. In India especially in
the states such as Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana, Gujarat
and Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
and Madhya Pradesh. is usually celebrated most privately at home and
publicly also.
Ganesh
Chaturthi also known as Vinayaka
Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi is the Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesha.A
ten-day festival, it starts on the fourth day of the Shukla Paksha, of Hindu
luni-solar calendar month Bhadrapada, which typically falls in the months of
August or September.
Prayers are Offerings and prasad from
the daily prayers, that is distributed from the pandal to the local
community,include sweets such as modaka believed to be a
favorite of the elephant-headed deity lord ganesh.
The festival ends on the tenth day after start,
where in the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group
chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or ocean. In Mumbai
alone, around 100,000 statues are immersed annually. thereafter the clay idol
dissolves and people believed that lord
Ganesh was return to Mount Kailash to
his parents Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva.
The festival celebrates Lord Ganesha as the God of
New Beginnings and the dispeller of Obstacles.
