Ganesh Chaturthi 2015 (1)

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Ganesh Chaturthi - 2015
Although celebrated all across India, Ganesh
Chaturthi (or Vinayak Chaturthi, as it's also
known) is a really important festival especially
in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in the Deccan and South
India.
Ganesh festival is about bringing home
brilliantly crafted idols of the God, and there
he will sit in state till Ganesh Chaturthi on
September 17, when he is devotedly immersed in
water.
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Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharastra India

Ganesh Chaturthi (or Vinayak Chaturthi, as it's
also known) is a really important festival
especially in the states of Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in the
Deccan and South India.
A festival dedicated to Lord Ganesha, Ganesh
Chaturthi is celebrated across much of India.
Ganesh festival itself, sweets - especially
laddoos and sugary modaks, which are a favourite
of the God's -- are distributed (and consumed)
and Ganesh temples are crowded with devotees who
participate in the worship of the deity.

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On the day of the Ganesh festival itself, sweets
- especially laddoos and sugary modaks, which are
a favourite of the God's are distributed (and
consumed) and Ganesh temples are crowded with
devotees who participate in the worship of the
deity.
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Celebrations On Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi- which marks the birth of the
Lord Ganesh- begin up to ten days in advance, and
sometimes even months in advance.
In virtually every neighborhood, a brightly
decorated and painstakingly crafted Ganesh idol
is made, to be illuminated and worshipped for all
of the ten days leading up to Ganesh Chaturthi.
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Accompanied by fireworks displays, beating drums
and the sound of thousands of voices singing
devotional songs, the idols are ritually immersed
in a nearby sea, lake or river. The immersion
ceremony, which is known as the 'visarjan', marks
the end of the festivities. The people dance with
great enthusiasm and singing rents the air,
urging the god to return post haste the next
year.
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Significance of Ganesh Chaturthi
The fervour with which devotees celebrate the
birthday of their most loved deity Lord Ganesha
suggests the significance of Ganesh Chaturthi in
their lives.
The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is observed on
the fourth day of Bhadrapad Shukla Paksha
(ascending moon phase), of the Hindu lunar month
of Magh. It is believed that Lord Ganesha was
born on the fourth day of the bright fortnight of
Magh, thereby establishing an association between
Ganesh and chaturthi (four).
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Rituals of Ganesh Chaturthi
A popular myth associated with Ganesh Chaturthi
is that one should refrain from looking at the
moon on this day.
The fable behind this myth goes like on one of
his birthdays, Lord Ganesha after stuffing his
belly with modaks, rode on his mouse that
stumbled after seeing a snake. This resulted in
Ganesha falling down, bursting out his stomach
and spilling all the modaks.
Ganesha stuffed all the modaks back into his
stomach and tied his belly with the snake. Seeing
this moon in the sky starting laughing heartily,
which annoyed Ganesha and he cursed moon that
anyone who will look at it on Ganesh Chaturthi
will invite a bad luck.
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