Ganesh Chaturthi in 2023 - If you are excited to know more on the culture and tradition behind this thrilling and joyful 10-day festival then join me & know — When, Why to celebrate with its significance. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!
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Ganesh Chaturthi in 2023, also known as Vinayagar chaturthi in South India, is one the most exciting festivals of the year that every Hindu and Ganesh devotee across the world would be awaiting to celebrate with Joy.
This auspicious festival lasts for 10 days that celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesh, the elephant-headed deity who is revered as the god of wisdom, good fortune, prosperity, and the remover of all karmic obstacles from one's life.
Let's get to know the history and the significance of this Happy-Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
Before getting into the history of this auspicious festival, let's clarify when this Ganesh Chaturthi needs to be celebrated in 2023.
Well, as per hindu mythology, it is believed that Lord Ganesha was born on Chaturthi Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada (Mid Sept- Mid Aug).
According to Drik Panchang, the Ganesh Chaturthi in 2023 with the same tithi begins in the afternoon at 12:39 pm on September 18th and ends at 1:43 pm afternoon on September 19th.
Now, you can celebrate the festival between this Shubh Muhurat. However, the best muhurat to celebrate any festival is when it begins — so, in that case the auspicious time period to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in 2023 is 18th September after 12:39 pm (afternoon).
Get ready to Welcome the Lord of Good Fortune. Now, let's get to know the history behind.
If you ask me the history behind this Ganesh Chaturthi or want to know who started this 10-day joyful celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi, then let me shed some light on the early 18th century - the period of Peshawas.
Yes, I am talking about our great grandfather’s generation who were considered to be the great devotees and keen followers of Lord Ganesha in those days. They are the ones who have started a public Vinayaka celebration in Pune in the month of Bhadrapada (Mid Sept- Mid Aug).
However, due to British rules and regulations, this festival has lost its love and joy inbetween for some time. But later in 1893 Lokmanya Tilak took the responsibility to build the unity among people despite caste, status, and background and recreated the love for Ganesha again in people’s heart.
Now, as every celebration holds some significance within it, the same way Ganesh Chaturthi also holds a great deep culture, religious beliefs that cherishes the love and devotion of millions of people across the world.
Let's have a look at some of the key reasons as why do we need to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi,
According to Hindu mythology, the Lord Ganesha is the young son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi. Once upon a time, when Lord Shiva was not at Kilash Parvat, Goddess Parvathi was feeling so alone that she decided to have a son to take care of her in the absence of her husband, so without consulting with Lord Shiva, she created a boy statue with the dirt of her sweat and grant him the life with divine power.
Once, Goddess Partvathi called her son Ganesha instructed her to guard her while she took a bath. Now, Ganesha does not know anything about his father Lord Shiva, so when Lord Shiva returned home he found Ganesha blocking his path, and after some deep argument Lord Shiva lost his control resulting in the death of Ganesh by cutting his head apart.
After sometime when Goddess Parvathi got to know about everything she became so angry that she became so aggressive to distroy the world. Realizing the mistake, Lord Shiva then replaced his son's head with the head of an elephant which ultimately made him a unique treasured deity.
According to Hindu Sacred legends, there are millions of Gods and Goddess assigned for every soul or energy. But, among all of them Lord Ganesha is considered to the first foremost Lord to be worshiped as the deity before starting over with any major life journey.
It is believed that he has been granted with the blessing of the source energy 'The Universe' to be the God of obstacles and hurdle remover from one’s life.
That’s the reason as why he is known as the god of good fortune, intelligence, wisdom, and prosperity. Whether it is a wedding or a house warming ceremony, he will be the first god to be invoked to get the task flourished smoothly with success in the first place.
Ganesh Chaturthi does not only celebrate religious beliefs, but it can be called a cultural parody to be more precise.
It is the function that brings people and communities together, building the sense of togetherness despite religion, caste, background, and status.
During Ganesh Chaturthi the festival showcases the culture and heritage of India involving elaborate processions that brings out the creative side of people with traditional musics, dance performances, and vibrant decorations with art ideas and a lot more.
In earlier days, the statue of Lord Ganesh was built in an eco-friendly manner with mud and natural colors, which will cause no-harm to the environment when dissolved in water.
However, from the past few years the people have started making use of more chemical immersion on Ganesha idols to make them more presentable and attractive, which is causing a lot of bad impact polluting the environment when immersed into rivers and lakes.
As a result, now the people have started following the same culture of eco-friendly celebration that was forgotten for sometime showing their true love for Lord Ganesha and mother nature.
In Hinduism, Ganesh Chaturthi is considered to be a festival that transcends religious boundaries. The festival is all about the faith of people despite their status and background.
Here, the people from different communities join hands together to welcome and worship Lord Ganesha, fortifying the spirituality and faith among the people that can bridge culture.
Everywhere Ganesh Chatuthi is observed as per people’s cultural beliefs. However, all cultures welcome Lord Ganesh idols on this day at their homes and temples. They perform daily prayers, rituals, and offer fruits and sweets to the Lord.
This festival is celebrated for 10-day with a grand ceremony on the final day, which is known as Vinayaka chaturthi or Anant Chaturdashi.
To conclude the session, Ganesh Chaturthi embodies the communal celebration with the spirit of devotion. It describes the importance of ritual as how to overcome the obstacles in one's life journey to live a great pleasant life.
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