Lord Ganesha’s birthday falls every year during the months of August or September depending upon the luni-solar calendar. Ganesha is celebrated as the god of good beginnings, prosperity and obstacle remover.
His birthday is observed throughout India as a public or private event according to individual preference. The festival is marked with installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals. Observations include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts prayers and vrata. Offerings and Prasad from the daily prayers that are distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modak that are believed to be a favorite of the elephant-headed deity.
The festival ends on the tenth day after start, wherein the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in nearby water body such as a river, pond or ocean, thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesha is believed to return to Mount Kailasha to his parents Parvati and Shiva.
This occasion brings out the atmosphere of festive and joy throughout the entire city. Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the most beautiful festivals experienced. It is the festival of good food, dancing, singing and most importantly colours.
If you just lift your head up, you’ll find bright colours all around you. The majestic idols painted in the most perfect colour combinations, the pandals made with the vibrant coloured fabrics, people wearing flamboyant traditional clothes, decorations with eye-catching beads, emeralds and pennons. All of this makes the festival what it is.
Even during the final immersion people throw powder colour at each other and in the sky making the affair so blissful. The entire experience is something that one will remember for the rest of their life. A lot of tourists from all over the world come to India to escapade this festival.
Ganesh Chaturthi lasts for eleven days and each day is a different than the other. In a lot of places, fun filled activities are planned in order to entertain the kids and to get the adults involved. Over all it is a full time of dance, music, entertainment and tradition. It is a devotional approach that makes the city look smaller by bringing everyone closer.
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