Ganeshotsava or Vinayaka Festival or Ganesh chaturthi are the names given to the this Spectacular festival by the people of different states.Ganeshotsava is however celebrated in whole country with great enthusiasm but is mainly celebrated with huge pomp and show in MaharashtraThe way of celebrating this utsav may differ state to state but everywhere feelings and the emotions related is the same.In most of places the celebration lasts for 10 days from ganesh chaturthi to ganesh chaturdashi.
Lord Ganesha is the vighnaharta(Obstacle remover),problem solver,lord of wisdom and judgement and is worshiped before starting any new work or any 'mangal karya'.
Ganesh Chaturthi is the first day of celebration.On this day lord ganesha statue is placed in Pandals/Mandapas and worshiped with huge pomp and show.The pandals are beautifully decorated by flowers,banana leaves,lights,lamps,garlands,mango leaves and even some pandals are designed and decorated based on some themes.
Many people also bought clay statues of Lord Ganesha at their homes and do worship at home too.
Few days before the celebration starts one can easily find so many shops for all the pooja stuffs and Lord Ganesha statue in every size .People used to prepare lord's favorite sweet dish 'Modak' and 'Motichoor ladoo' as prasadam.
There is also competitions for the best Pandals/Jhaki/Madapas of the year.Even its also the time for
cultural activities singing,dancing,tambola,orchestra and so on.Some people also do arrange the medical health checkups camps,blood donation camp and charity during this time taking care of the society.
The dhol,gulal-kumkum and dancing like anything at the time of welcoming the Lord ganesha to Pandals as well on the day of visarjan(immersion of the idol in water bodies) is the most awesome thing.
On the (Anant Chaturdashi)day of visarjan huge crowd is there taking the lord ganesha statue towards the water bodies and celebrating on the whole way with dhols and nagade.
All hindu festivals are lined up after the Ganesha Chaturthi say it durga pooja,diwali.
"Lal-Bagh cha Raja" is the famous Pandal in Mumbai here there huge crowd for darshan.From celebrities to common man everyone comes up to catch one glimpse of Lord Ganesha in this Pandal.
All the Ganesha temples have lots of devotees for Darshan.In one of temple in Madhya Pradesh "Khajrana Ganesh Temple" people used to offers quintal of ladoos,gold ladoo and large number of coconut as prasadam. Its believed that wishes of people praying at this temple get fulfilled by Lord Ganesha's blessings.
Khajrana temple,Ashtavinayak temple,Siddhi vinayaka temple are some of the many famous temples of India having huge crowd of devotees on every Wednesday and on some special days like til chauth,Ganesha chaturthi.
Om GanGan Pate Namha!!!
Lord Ganesha is the vighnaharta(Obstacle remover),problem solver,lord of wisdom and judgement and is worshiped before starting any new work or any 'mangal karya'.
Ganesh Chaturthi is the first day of celebration.On this day lord ganesha statue is placed in Pandals/Mandapas and worshiped with huge pomp and show.The pandals are beautifully decorated by flowers,banana leaves,lights,lamps,garlands,mango leaves and even some pandals are designed and decorated based on some themes.
Many people also bought clay statues of Lord Ganesha at their homes and do worship at home too.
Few days before the celebration starts one can easily find so many shops for all the pooja stuffs and Lord Ganesha statue in every size .People used to prepare lord's favorite sweet dish 'Modak' and 'Motichoor ladoo' as prasadam.
There is also competitions for the best Pandals/Jhaki/Madapas of the year.Even its also the time for
cultural activities singing,dancing,tambola,orchestra and so on.Some people also do arrange the medical health checkups camps,blood donation camp and charity during this time taking care of the society.
The dhol,gulal-kumkum and dancing like anything at the time of welcoming the Lord ganesha to Pandals as well on the day of visarjan(immersion of the idol in water bodies) is the most awesome thing.
On the (Anant Chaturdashi)day of visarjan huge crowd is there taking the lord ganesha statue towards the water bodies and celebrating on the whole way with dhols and nagade.
All hindu festivals are lined up after the Ganesha Chaturthi say it durga pooja,diwali.
"Lal-Bagh cha Raja" is the famous Pandal in Mumbai here there huge crowd for darshan.From celebrities to common man everyone comes up to catch one glimpse of Lord Ganesha in this Pandal.
All the Ganesha temples have lots of devotees for Darshan.In one of temple in Madhya Pradesh "Khajrana Ganesh Temple" people used to offers quintal of ladoos,gold ladoo and large number of coconut as prasadam. Its believed that wishes of people praying at this temple get fulfilled by Lord Ganesha's blessings.
Khajrana temple,Ashtavinayak temple,Siddhi vinayaka temple are some of the many famous temples of India having huge crowd of devotees on every Wednesday and on some special days like til chauth,Ganesha chaturthi.
Om GanGan Pate Namha!!!
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