Ganesh Chaturthi, or Vinayaka Chaturti, is the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the God of wisdom, prosperity and auspiciousness. Ganesh Chaturthi 2012 date is September 9, Monday. Ganesha is today worshipped around the world and the Elephant-faced Hindu god is one of the most popular deities associated with Hinduism. Like symbol ‘Om ’, Ganesha is slowly becoming the face of Hindu religion. The Ganapati Festival ends with the immersion (Visarjan) of the idol on Ananta Chaturdasi day - September 18, 2012.
Ganesh Chaturthi falls on the fourth day after new moon in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada (August - September).
Ganesh Chaturthi falls on the fourth day after new moon in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada (August - September).
Ganesha is the remover of obstacle - Vighneshwara or Vignaraja – and is always invoked when Hindus are beginning a new enterprise. It is believed that Goddess Parvati created Ganesha out of clay and breathed life into him. Letting him stand guard at the door, Goddess Parvati went to have her bath. When her husband, Lord Shiva returned, the child who had never seen him stopped him. Ganesha did not allow Shiva to enter and finally an enraged Shiva severed the head of the child. Goddess Parvati returned to find her son dead and was distraught and asked Shiva to revive him. Shiva cut off the head of an elephant and fixed it on the body of Ganesha and giving birth to elephant-headed Ganesha.
In Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra , Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated for 10 days. In other parts of India
The origin of public celebration of Ganesh festival is traced to the period of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaja, the great Maratha ruler, who asked people to perform public celebration to promote culture and nationalism in the 17th century.
The large-scale Ganesh festival of today was revived by Lokmanya Tilak, freedom fighter, in the last decade of 19th century in Pune to spread the message of freedom struggle and to defy the British who had banned public assemblies.
Thousands of Ganesh statues are installed in various public places in India India , especially in Maharashtra, Goa and Andhra Pradesh. After the festival these statues are immersed in the sea (Ganesh Visarjan ceremony).
Ganesh Festival is also attracting lot of criticism from environmentalists and nature lovers primarily due to pollution caused by the use of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris. Hinduism and Nature are so entwined that one cannot be separated from another. Ganesha itself is a classic example. But still we Hindus do little to stop pollution. At least we can stop creating more pollution in the name of Ganesha by only buying natural Ganesh idol and natural items for Ganesh Puja.
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Have you ever questioned yourself "if Shiva were really a god, why couldn't he create Ganesha exactly as he was before?"
God is supposed to be He Who can do anything. Excuses, this or that must not exist in His dictionary. He should just say, "BE" and the result is bound to take place. Such can only be God. Others are just characters of fairy tales.
Please try to understand the symbolic meaning in it. Ganesha represents 'om' the first sound. The story is made by humans to give a logic to elephant head.
Don't be so silly. There would be no problems in the world if Gods could utter 'Be' and solver problems.
Yes .. why didn't He just create someone like Hrithik Roshan and did away with it.
You really think we can understand His mystic ways with our dumb limited perceptions ??!!
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Hi.. Is it fine to have Gruha Pravesh - House Warming on Ganesh Chaturthi for our new house constructed in Bangalore? Bec I find no suitable date till Nov 2, 2011.
No this Sept 1 it is not good for Grah Pravesh.
Sept 9 is a very good date but not marked exclusively for Grah Pravesh. You can perform it on this day.
Hi...Is Ganesh Chaturthi on the same date in USA?
Yes it is on same date in USA.
In this blog gowri vrata explained well, may i know how to perform ganesha pooja at home during festival?
Really Very nice article on ganesh chaturthi .This Article is very much informative for all people who believe in lord ganesha.I like this post very much
In Karnataka, people choose to celebrate Ganesh Chatuthi for 1 day or 3 days or 5 days depending on which day they have to do the visarjan.
Nice blog keep up the good work!
Where can I get the complete Gauri Ganeshs Pooja Vidhana (in detail). I need Audio files, so that I can use it to perform the complete pooja myself with the help of this Audio file. I heard the same is available in Cassettes by Ganesh Bhat. If a similar one is available for download, it will be very nice. I need this in Kannada. Please help....Shivram
PL. tell about the method of vrat on ganesh Chaturthi & how it performs & what & when to do on this day.. Also guide us for Ganesha's prayer and its method...Also what thing should be avoid on this day...
@ Nayyar...please follow the above the link How to perform Ganesh Chaturthi Puja?
can some one tell me that is it mandatory to light diya infront of ganesha idol 24 hrs till the visarjana day..i have planned to do visarjana on 05 sep 2011..please help me on this..
thanks
want to know procedure for gruha pravesh and good dates in Sept-2012 for gruha pravesh
I want to do griha pravesh on 19th Sept 2012 at east bangalore.it is suitable date?Because my house is ready from Aug 2012.Next date is last week of October 2012.
There are no good dates for Grah Pravesh in Sept 2012 except for those people who follow tamil and malayalam calendars.
You will only get good dates. Sept 18 is a good date.
I want to answer your question that why didn't he recreated Ganesha.Being a god he has lot of responsibilities so only Ganesha was his son he can't create him again even though he was his son as it was against the laws created by him.He he didn't wanted to be unfair.Shiva was known as the Destroyer not the creator.
Shiva is a god there are no doubts about it.The reason behind the revival of Ganesha was that he didn't wanted to be unfair to the others.Since every one knows Shiva is the destroyer so he can't do that... That is why he went for a animal head...
Dear those who keep debating about Shiva and Ganesha, I would like to first recommend that you read the Shiva Purana, Ganesha Purana, Srimad Bhagavatham and Devi Bhagavatham to truly understand who these two personalities of Gods are. In essence, they both are ONE. In fact, most puranas have described Ganesha as none other than the supreme Lord who took incarnation as Shiva and Uma's son, from the penance of Uma Devi.
The elephant head incident has a symbolic and intrinsic meaning, therefore, it is best not to take it literally. Ganesha's true form it in fact NOT an elephant, he is pure light and truth. The capability of the human mind to understand God's leelas is very limited, thus it is best we not argue and just show our love to God no matter what.
hai i felt very much happy to know about the immersion of lord ganesh and I have a doubt about that is ganesh chaturthi is same in all the places in INDIA at the same time?
This Occasion is really enjoyable...Thanks for sharing the information..
can we place ganesh in our home for 3 days and give it to outsiders(big ganesh on roads) for rest of the days...
Its irritating to see some senseless comments on articles published on Hindu Blog esp when its about lord Shiva. There is a conscious attempt of late to prove that only Vishnu is THE god and others are just fragments of fiction. A student who studied Indian mythology from a historians perspective would find Vishnu mentioned in texts found after 6th century and not earlier. But pashupathi, shiva is found existing in relics, paintings, etc. I think India is a country of plurality, abundance, diversity. Its our strength. It holds good in all aspects including religions and gods. To each his own. Some feel closer to Shiva while some get solace in the Mother while some in Vishnu. Why make an issue about it and why degrade others' belief system? Shiva purana and countless folk narrations explain why he replaced Ganesha's head with Gajasuras. You get detailed explanation on the Internet.
i would like say that as my moher in law said to me that dont celebrate vinayaka chathurthi because one our elder fatherin law died on the same day so they stopped celebrating the ganesh chathurthi from that day onwards.
now from 3 years we are celebrating ganesh chathurthi on 2days . was it ok.please kindly reply me urgently.
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