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श्री गणेशाय नमः 
Om Shree Ganesa Nama
Indian Festival Ganesh Chaturthi the Festival of Hindu’s
Lord Ganesh God of wisdom and good Fortune
LORD GANESHA IS WORSHIPPED BEFORE ANY OTHER GODS AND GODDESSES
Indian Festival Ganesh Chaturthi : This festival brings hope, prosperity, joy & happiness this festival is for 10 days lord Ganesh is the Son of God Shiva and mother Parvathi
In Hindu Religion house hold starts with Lord Ganesh Name while buying New Home, purchasing Car / Motorcycle, or Students Appearing for Exams God Ganesh removes the negative energy and brings positivity auspiciousness in the lives of his devotees. Lord Ganesh is also called Ganapati in Maharashtra Region.
Ganesh has two wives, Riddhi and Siddhi. And together they represent prosperity and wisdom. Lord Ganesh is also associated with the symbol of fertility. That’s why he is surrounded by his Mushak i.e. Rat Where he Sits , while doing Ganesh puja Dhruva & blades of grass which devotees offer to him while praying. Basically, the rat is also a fertility symbol because it reproduces rapidly. Same with the grass. It grows as soon as one plucked it.
This Ganapati festival was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The leader of Indian independence He started the festival for cultural and religious symbol of unity for the Maharashtrian people the Ganesh festival provided to show national unity. In 1893 Tilak reinvented the Ganesh Chaturthi converting it from an annual family celebration to a full-fledged public event.
Ganesh Chaturthi played an important role in the Indian freedom movement. so that the people come together and celebrate the festival of joy and happiness , Festival was celebrated within the family so Lokmanya Tilak decided that it should be grand public celebration and put aside caste system and bring people together as unity In recent years Ganesh Festival is also Celebrated in worldwide where Hindu Community feels closer to their home and country by participating in Ganesh festival. Blessings from lord Ganesh brings wealth, health, hope & prosperity
In India Maharashtra State has huge no of lord Ganesh devotees
Majorly in Mumbai and Pune is Famous & very popular for lord Ganesh Festival the most colorful and happy event in this is religious, social and cultural life of India specially in Pune. Lord Ganesh idols are made from clay and installed at Panda’s and individual homes and worshipped for 10 days Chanting of Ganesh mantra doing Puja & Aartii worshiped is done in these 10 days of Ganesh Chaturthi festival and later immersed in water on Ananta Chaturthi means Visarjan
Apart from prayers and special events being conducted in temples that are devoted to Lord Ganesh, he is worshiped in different forms. Mostly now a days Even in South East Asian countries like Thailand and Indonesia
- He is being worshiped and celebrate the festival of joy and happiness Ganesh Chaturthi is not only festival it brings lots of hope and good fortune. elaborately crafted statues of the Lord are installed in specially constructed and beautifully decorated Pandal’s. the local communities a competition to put up the most impressive Ganesh idol on display goes on for 10 days. Puja and Aarti is done.
- On 10 th day of Ganesh visarjan which is also called Anant Chaturthi
- In huge number of devotees come together and take the blessings and Celebrate Devotees visit the various public events during the festival. In Maharashtra, Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshostsav Mandal which was founded in 1934 and it is famous and most visited Ganesh pandal’
- In Mumbai where celebrities and business tycoon come and do Aarti and take blessings of Lord Ganesh in every Puja because he is also known & Considered As (VIGHNAHARTA) which means who removes obstacles from lives of his devotees. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated mostly in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, and Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Delhi, and Punjab.
- Specially in Maharashtra worshipping by families at home people at their places of work and in public celebration involves installing clay Idols of Ganesh in public pandal’s and group worship home, an appropriately-sized clay image is installed and worshipped by offering puja and Prasad Modak and laddu sweet with family and friends. At the end of the festival, the idols are immersed (and dissolve) in water i.e. in lake , Ocean or in River , in some other states like rural in villages they immersed the Ganesh idol in river and well depends as where they want to do the Visarjan.
Chaturthi is celebrated for a whole 10 days when people install and decorate the Statue of Lord Ganesh in their homes and Pandal’s
- The devotees of the Lord Ganesh offer their Prayers to God and sing Devotional songs for him and recited various mantras in his praise devotees perform Aarti in favors of the Lord and seek his blessings on them Devotees follow the traditional Rituals of Chanting Mantras
- Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated in a few families. Later on, it spread all over and thus began the installation of idols and immersion in the water. This marked the beginning of making Ganesh Chaturthi a larger than life festival.
People set up pandal’s make glorious statues of Lord Ganesh. Towards the end of the festival when the Visarjan is about to take place
Visarjan day Anant Chatuthi last Day of Ganesh Festival
- The idol is taken from the place of installation – home or public Pandal’s – devotees singing Bhajans or songs. Depending on the size of the idol, it may be carried on the shoulders of either the head of the family or a symbolic head of the area, or taken on a wooden carrier, or in a vehicle.Ganpati Bappa Moriya Pudhchya Varshi Lavkar Yaa these are the words while the devotees say to lord Ganesh while doing the Ganesh Visarjan in sea /ocean / or lake.
- All these proceedings are accompanied by chants of Ganapati Bappa Moriya, Bhajans, dance, and distribution of Prasad and flowers people carry out a full-fledged procession. People come out in hundreds and thousands and dance their way to the rivers and oceans , All these proceedings are accompanied by chants of Ganapati Bappa Moriya, Bhajans, dance, and distribution of Prasad and flowers people carry out a full-fledged procession.
- On the day of immersion 10th day performing of” Puja the idol is taken out in a procession by people who dance and sing. On the last day of Anant Chaturthi – Chaturdashi day the sea fronts are packed with mass of humanity as the idols of Ganesh are carried towards their watery People come out in hundreds and thousands and dance their way to the rivers and oceansrest among shouts of ” Ganapati Bappa Moriya, Pudhachya Varshi lavkar ya Means Come Soon Next Year.
Mantra
गणपती बाप्पा मोरया मंगलमूर्ती मोरया
Finally, devotees take Lord Ganesh Prasad in return and return with to their homes with blessings of Lord Ganesh
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