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Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh ji

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Ganesh Chaturthi

Why it is celebrated

Ganesh Chaturthi falls on the fourth day of the bright half of Bhadrapad and celebrates the birth of Ganesh ji. Ganpati is welcomed into homes and pandals, and the festival runs for ten days until Anant Chaturdashi. Many families do the visarjan after one and a half, three, five or seven days.

The story

Once Mata Parvati shaped a lovely child from her ubtan (turmeric paste) and gave him life. This child was Ganesh. Shiv ji made him, in his elephant-headed form, the leader of his ganas, and blessed him to be worshipped first before every good work.

One Chaturthi night, after eating plenty of modaks, Ganesh ji was riding his mouse. On the way the mouse stumbled, Ganesh ji fell, and the modaks rolled everywhere.

Seeing this, the moon in the sky laughed loudly and began to mock his looks. To teach the moon, who was proud of his beauty, a lesson, Ganesh ji said that anyone who looked at him on this day would face a false blame.

The moon realised his mistake and asked Ganesh ji for forgiveness. Ganesh ji kindly softened the curse and said it would apply only on Bhadrapad Shukla Chaturthi.

That is why people avoid looking at the moon on the night of Ganesh Chaturthi. The story teaches us never to mock anyone's looks, and to ask for forgiveness humbly when we make a mistake.

Puja vidhi

  1. Bring an eco-friendly clay idol of Ganesh ji and install it at the auspicious midday muhurat on a stool covered with red or yellow cloth.
  2. Invite Ganesh ji, bathe him with a sprinkle of water and panchamrit, then offer clothes, a sacred thread and a tilak of sindoor or roli.
  3. Offer 21 blades of durva grass, red flowers, akshat and 21 modaks or laddoos as bhog.
  4. Chant 'Om Gan Ganapataye Namah' and sing the aarti 'Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh Deva'.
  5. For as many days as Ganpati stays at home, do puja and aarti morning and evening. Avoid looking at the moon on Chaturthi night.
  6. Do the visarjan with due rites after one and a half, three, five, seven or ten days; if you can, do it at home in a bucket or tub and pour the clay into your plants.

Food

Modaks (especially steamed ukadiche modaks), besan and motichoor laddoos, and puran poli.

Wishes to send

  • Happy Ganesh Chaturthi! May Vighnaharta Ganpati Bappa bring happiness and peace into your home.

  • Ganpati Bappa Morya! May Bappa's blessing make the start of every good work of yours auspicious.

  • May the sweetness of modaks, the green of durva and Bappa's love always stay with your family. Happy Ganeshotsav.

  • May Ganesh ji, the lord of wisdom, bless you with right thinking and a calm mind. Greetings on Ganesh Chaturthi.

  • May these ten days of celebration fill your home with devotion, music and laughter. Ganpati Bappa Morya!

  • Pranam to Shri Ganesh, who is worshipped first. Many Ganesh Chaturthi wishes to you and your family.

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