Ganesha Chaturthi is the\u00a0Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god\u00a0Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom. The festival, also known asVinayaka Chaturthi, is observed in the\u00a0Hindu calendar\u00a0month of Bhaadrapada, starting on the\u00a0shukla\u00a0chaturthi\u00a0(fourth day of the waxing moon period). The date usually falls between August and September. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on\u00a0Anant Chaturdashi\u00a0(fourteenth day of the waxing moon period).<\/p>\n
The modern festival involves installing clay images of Ganesha in public pandals\u00a0(temporary shrines), which are worshipped for ten days with different variety of herbal leaves, plants. These are immersed at the end of the festival in a body of water such as a lake, along with the Idol. After adding herbal and medicated plants and leaves(patri) in lakes, the water in the lake becomes purified. This was in practice because, in early days people used to drink lake water, and to protect people from infections and viral diseases especially in this season, this tradition was introduced.\u00a0Some Hindus also install the clay images of Ganesha in their homes. It is believed that Ganesha bestows his presence on earth for all his devotees during this festival.<\/p>\n
On the Ganesh Chaturthi day, meditate on the stories connected with Lord Ganesha early in the morning, during the Brahmamuhurta period. Then, after taking a bath, go to the temple and do the prayers of Lord Ganesha. Offer Him some coconut and sweet pudding. Pray with faith and devotion that He may remove all the obstacles that you experience on the spiritual path. Worship Him at home, too. You can get the assistance of a pundit. Have an image of Lord Ganesha in your
house. Feel His Presence in it.Don’t forget not to look at the moon on that day; remember that it behaved unbecomingly towards the Lord. This really means avoid the company of all those who have no faith in God, and who deride God, your Guru and religion, from this very day.Take fresh spiritual resolves and pray to Lord Ganesha for inner spiritual strength to attain success in all your undertakings.<\/p>\n
This is one of the most popular festivals in the Country. There are several reasons for this. Ganpati is after all a popular God. His blessings are invoked at most religious ceremonies as He is the one who can remove all obstacles to success. He is the giver of fortune and can help to avoid natural calamities.<\/p>\n
Ganpati, the god of wisdom and the benevolent deity of the dynasty of Peshwas who ruled Maharashtra inculcating a special culture in the state. Ganpati is the herald of auspicious beginnings and is the beloved deity of all.<\/p>\n
Wish you a Happy and a Blessed Ganesh Chaturthi 2015.<\/p>\n\n
Ganesha Chaturthi is the\u00a0Hindu festival celebrated in honour of the god\u00a0Ganesha, the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles and the god of beginnings and wisdom. The festival, also known asVinayaka Chaturthi, is observed inRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4140],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ganesh.com\/ganeshproducts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}