The God of New Beginnings, the God of Wisdom and Intelligence and the Remover of Obstacles.
“गजाननं भूतगणादि सेवितं कपित्थजम्बूफलचारु भक्षणम् । उमासुतं शोकविनाशकारणं नमामि विघ्नेश्वरपादपङ्कजम् ॥”
Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayak Chaturthi is a major Hindu festival that we celebrate every year at the society community hall. It's a very important festival for kids and students especially, to seek the blessings of the Lord of Wisdom and Intelligence. Do you know Lord Ganesh wrote the epic Mahabharata non-stop with 100,000 verse ? He was the only one chosen for this divine task for his wisdom and skill and there was a deal between both - Vyasa should narrate continuously without stopping and Lord Ganesha should write without stopping but before writing, he must ensure that, he understands each verse. While writing continuously, his writing stylus broke and to honor his commitment of not stopping, the Lord broke one of his elephant tusk and used that as a pen. These stories from our culture gives a very strong message to the society to value wisdom and commitment.
Let me present you some photographs of our celebration, it's always a fun to celebrate in a community.
Our ladies always rock, taking charge of all these activities and ensure a smooth celebration. They published the schedule in our society group chat before hand so that people could join timely and take part in all the rituals. We were a little late but still pulled in at the right time.
And I love the taste of the coconut burnt in the ritual - that's a special treat available only in these festivals. Here is a small video compilation as a memoir :
https://youtu.be/srJZJR8DTA0
May Lord Ganesh bless us with wisdom, joy and prosperity.
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