Ganesh Chaturthi
- Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on the fourth day of the month of Bhadrapada, which falls around August or September.
- The preparation starts one month in advance, with great enthusiasm, to celebrate this auspicious occasion.
- The festival starts with the installation of beautifully sculpted Ganesha idols in homes and mandaps.
- These idols are decorated beautifully and show religious themes.
- The celebration ends with the idol of lord Ganesha immersed in water.
A few days before the puja people start to clean their houses.
Ganesh Mandap is decorated with flowers and leaves before the beginning of the festivities.
After that place is prepared for the establishment of the idol of Lord Ganesha.
- People take bath early in the morning
- They wear new clothes and perform the puja with all the rituals.
- Chanting of prayers in the praise of the Lord continues all the way
- Ganapati's idols are then beautified with floral garlands and sandalwood paste
- A Kalash containing holy water or rice is then placed before the Lord's statue, it is known as Purna Kumbha.
- After Pranpratishhtha, the mantras are to be recited
- Shodashopachara Pooja is followed
- Aavaahana, Asana, Paadya, Arghya, Aachamana, Madhuparka, Snaana, Vastra, Gandha, Pushpa, Dhoop, Deepa, Naivedya, Taamblooa, Aarati, and Mantra Pushpa.
- When the Shodashopachara pooja is completed, 108 names of Lord Ganesha are recited along with Ganesh mantras.
- Incense sticks are shown to the god and coconuts and various Prasadams are offered.
- In the evening lord Ganesha is worshipped.
- People observe fast on this day
Though the festival has been celebrated since times immemorial, the present kind of celebrations of Ganesha Chaturthi came into fashion in 1893 by Lokmanya Balagangadhar Tilak
Ganeshji is worshipped first on all auspicious occasions, whether it is a marriage or a religious function.
Ganeshji is worshipped first on all auspicious occasions, whether it is a marriage or a religious function.
He is believed to be the remover of all sankat (obstacles).
Lord Ganesha is believed to fulfill the wishes and dreams of all those who pray to him sincerely.
- Ganesha is worshipped for 10 days from Bhadrapada Shudha Chaturthi to Ananta Chaturdashi
- On the 11th day, the statue is taken through the streets in a procession to be immersed in a river or sea
- This is the ritual known as Ganesh Visarjan in Marathi
- Ganesha Visarjane in Kannada and Vinayaka Nimarjana orVinayaka Nimajjanam in Telugu.
- At individual homes the Visarjan/Nimajjanam is also done on the 1st 3rd, 5th, or 7th day as per the family tradition.
- After the final offering of coconuts, flowers, and camphor is made, people carry the idols to the river to immerse them.
- Some homes buy their own small clay statue, and after 1,3, or 11 days immerse it in a bucket or tub at home, so as not to pollute public lakes or rivers.
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