Ganesha is one my favorite deities and why, he is such a lovely god to just watch and see; I love his long coiled trunk, flappy ears and the small mushik or the rat that lay on his left side is an added attraction. Wonder how such a huge deity can travel all along on this small rat.
All of the explanation I got regarding this elephant god in the form of stories and they never seem to hold up to my child’s mind. She has several doubts about Ganesha!
All of the explanation I got regarding this elephant god in the form of stories and they never seem to hold up to my child’s mind. She has several doubts about Ganesha!
Lord Shiva killing his son boy and chopping head of the boy and then again try fixing a Gajasura’s head to the boy and bringing life to the boy is all a great story that I knew and I tell sravi the same and she listens to me amazed. It is from then that the boy is known as Gajanana. So said, the story draws all sympathy from young and the adults for the little boy. No wonder he is everyone’s favorite deity.
It is on Ganesha Chaturthi that we bring this deity to our homes and offer puja along with great food. I recall my mother’s expertise in making undrallu (the pressure cooked food preferred by the god to other foods) while we as children used to go collect all the foliage from backyard to do the puja. I recall my brother donning the traditional attire and I recall him to look very cute.
This year too, I went out to get our cute deity and I especially liked the clay one without any colors (doing my bit to make the earth clean and green…hah); very cute-looking Ganesha indeed and bought it.
I could not buy the umbrella yet, although, told Sree Ram to get it. If we make our ganesha to sit with umbrella, its like we have made him comfortable almost and I know my hands have to work fast with doughs and soojis so we can please him with the food as well.
I know my task begins early in the morning, but it is great to have these once in a while and while the lord takes care of us, its nothing what we offer him on a chathurthi.
I wish that I make undrallu well so he likes. I lack the skill and the expertise so never they came out well out of my hands. All my watching as a child has never helped me!. Wish I could please my lord with my food. Those countless hours of assisting my mother as a child should help me do the undrallu with ease at least this year.
This year too, I went out to get our cute deity and I especially liked the clay one without any colors (doing my bit to make the earth clean and green…hah); very cute-looking Ganesha indeed and bought it.
I could not buy the umbrella yet, although, told Sree Ram to get it. If we make our ganesha to sit with umbrella, its like we have made him comfortable almost and I know my hands have to work fast with doughs and soojis so we can please him with the food as well.
I know my task begins early in the morning, but it is great to have these once in a while and while the lord takes care of us, its nothing what we offer him on a chathurthi.
I wish that I make undrallu well so he likes. I lack the skill and the expertise so never they came out well out of my hands. All my watching as a child has never helped me!. Wish I could please my lord with my food. Those countless hours of assisting my mother as a child should help me do the undrallu with ease at least this year.
Immersion of ganesha idol is another interesting feature of this festival. We still watch on TVs for biggest and unique idols of ganeshas taken through crowded streets as a procession. It used to also bring tears in me! I used to wonder as to how we could be so tough on this god; previous day we loved him so much, we fed him with great food, we fell on his feet to seek his blessings, but the next day we are merciless and we push him into waters. Can’t there be a better way to bid an adieu to this cute God?
I still need some valid explanation as to why his idol needs to be immersed. Do you know it by the way? All said and done, I am all geared up for yet another ganesha chathurhi? Are you as well? Since Ganesha is also a deity known to remove any obstacle, come let's seek the blessings from elephant god collectively!
I still need some valid explanation as to why his idol needs to be immersed. Do you know it by the way? All said and done, I am all geared up for yet another ganesha chathurhi? Are you as well? Since Ganesha is also a deity known to remove any obstacle, come let's seek the blessings from elephant god collectively!
