Ganesh Chaturthi festival ends with the immersion or Nimajjan of Ganapati idols in water known as Ganesh Visarjan or Vinayaka Nimajjan. Ganpati Visarjan 2012 date is on September 29 – the Ananta Chaturadsi day. But Ganesha is also immersed in water after one and half day and also on the 1.5 days, 3rd, 5th, 7th or the 10th day.
Ganesha Visarjan 2012 Dates
- One and half day Ganesh Visarjan – September 20
- Three days Ganpati Visarjan – September 21
- Five Days Ganesh Visarjan – September 23
- Seven Days Ganesh Visarjan – September 25
- Ten days Ganesh Visarjan – September 28
- Ananta Chaturdashi last day of Ganesh Visarjan – September 29
There are no hard and fast rules for Ganesh Visarjan, it usually depends on family tradition and on the availability of family members.
The symbolic meaning of Ganesh Chaturthi festival is that Lord Ganesha comes and stays among us. The immersion symbolizes his return from the earth after removing the obstacles and unhappiness of his devotees.
Go for an Eco-friendly Green Ganesha Visarjan
Millions of Ganesh idols made from Plaster of Paris and coated with deadly paints containing mercury, cadmium, lead and carbon are immersed in lakes, rivers, ponds and seas. This is harmful to environment and creates water pollution. Remember the same water is pumped and is made available to use in our homes.
The saddest part is that most of idols are left on riverbanks and on seashore in rotten and broken conditions. Municipality trucks come and carry them in the smelly trucks like waste products. This is not a good way to bid goodbye to Ganesha – the remover of obstacles.
The saddest part is that most of idols are left on riverbanks and on seashore in rotten and broken conditions. Municipality trucks come and carry them in the smelly trucks like waste products. This is not a good way to bid goodbye to Ganesha – the remover of obstacles.
Please if you have used a Ganapati Idol made from Plaster of Paris that uses chemical paints please do not immerse the Ganesha in river, lake or other public water bodies. You can use the tanks provided by the Metro and Municipal co-operation for Visarjan.
Please make sure that you do not immerse any plastic waste along with the clay Ganesha idol and be proudly part of the eco-friendly Ganesh festival. Use clay idol and immerse only the soluble parts. You can also symbolically sprinkle water on the Ganesh idol. You can also immerse Ganesha in a bucket of water at home and then use it to water plants. If you are using idol of metal, then it can be reused next year.
This is Shameful and degrading the Hindu culture.
This is the true Hindu culture – Ganesha gets His form using earth (mud) and returns to earth.
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5 comments:
really happy with ur idea
Hi Abhilash,
Just discovered your blog and I'm enjoying reading it. Since today is Ganesh Puja I wanted to share what I wrote on my blog. It's an interpretation of the true significance of Ganesha that really resonates with me. Please let me know what you think.
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hi everyone,
according to a vinayaga chaturthi pattathi which i have read during my childhood days has explained vividly about : how to make the Ganesha and what are the substances should be used:
clay, mud, cow-dust, elephant dust, sand from seabed riverbed, soil of an auspicious trees (such as Bilva, tulsi, plaintain Sammi..etc). soil from palace-temple, dust from three junction, soil of snake pit-crab-pit-termitarium-ant-hill, jaggery, brown sugar, vibuthi, rice or any cereal flour, turmeric/sandal/abhisheka powders, wood, granite/soap-stones.
using coconut juice, water, milk, curd, kewra, Paadiira/Paneer water,..to form the dough mixture.
using colours from: flowers, saffron(kunkuma), turmeric, sri suurnam (not the toxic gulal or north indian kunkum which contains harm substances), from fruits and wild berries.
AREN'T THIS ECO FRIENDLY, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE DID THESE DEVOTEES THE WRONG WAY OF MAKING GANESHA. IT IS ALL BOLLYWOOD CINEMA INFLUENCES
Hi,
We celebrate Ganesh festival every year. We are from Bangalore, moved to Pune 3 years back. In Bangalore it is very easy to find Ganesh Idols made of clay. They are "no frills attached" idols. No paints, no fancy designs...and very economical. We were told that Grahak Pet in Pune sells clay idols. But the idol we bought was not a clay one- may be a mix of clay and POP- which we discovered when immersed in a bucket at home.We later had to find a place to reimmerse the idol. I dont understand why it is so difficult to get a simple clay idol in Pune where the festival is celebrated at such a large scale.
Rajesh Reddy.
I wish people would change. I blogged from Ganesha's point of view. Check it out at http://writefromtheheart-kalyani.blogspot.com/
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