Happy Ganesha Chaturthi!
Yesterday we celebrated Ganesha Chaturthi at Kauai Aadheenam in Kadavul Hindu Temple. This annual home-temple festival occurs on the fourth day ("chaturthi" means "fourth" in Sanskrit) after amavasya, or the new moon in the month of Simha, which is always in either August or September. In Hindu homes around the world in which Ganesha is worshiped, handmade Ganesha icons are fashioned and worshipped for ten days, culminating on the fourteenth day after the new moon in Simha, known as Ananta Chaturdashi. "Ananta" means eternal, and "chaturdashi" means fourteen. "Chatur" is four, "dashi" is tenth from the word "dasha" meaning ten in Sanskrit. On this day, the aforementioned Ganesha murti which the family made and worshiped for ten days is submersed in a body of water, be it an ocean, lake, river, pond, etc. Though in same families and communities, this submersion, called visarjana or a "farewell" is sometimes done on Ganesha Chaturthi day itself.
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September 6th, 2016 at 4:45 am
Om Ganapati…..Jai Ganapati….Om Ganesha Namaha….
September 6th, 2016 at 2:27 pm
Lovely, lovely, lovely. Thank you so much.
Prostrations to Siddhi Vinayaga!
September 6th, 2016 at 9:10 pm
Beautiful alangaram for vinayagar.