The 10-day Ganesh Utsav festival will conclude on Thursday, September 28, with the Ganesha Visarjan ceremony.
When is Ganesh Chaturthi in 2023: This year, Ganesh Chaturthi will commence on Tuesday, September 19th. The day is celebrated as Lord Ganesha’s birthday. Ganesh Chaturdashi, also known as Vinayak Chaturdashi and Ganesh Utsav, is a significant Hindu celebration. In several states, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka, the festival honouring Lord Ganesh is honoured with great pomp and zeal.
The 10-day Ganesh Utsav festival will conclude on Thursday, September 28, with the Ganesha Visarjan ceremony.
This day honours Lord Ganesh, the deity of intelligence, prosperity, and good fortune. Lord Ganesh is also known as Gajanana, Dhoomraketu, Ekdanta, Vakrtunda, and Siddhi Vinayaka, among others.
Lord Ganesha was born during the Shukla Paksha of the Hindu calendar month Bhadrapada, according to Hindu mythology. It typically occurs in August-September on the Gregorian calendar. Ganesh Chaturthi will be observed this year on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
Vinayak Chaturdashi 2023 will begin on Monday, September 18 at 12:39 pm and end on Tuesday, September 19 at 8:43 pm, according to the Hindu calendar. In addition, if one examines the Madhyahna Ganesha Puja Muhurat. It will commence at 11:01 AM and end at 1:28 PM. The length of the same will be 02 Hours and 27 Minutes.
People must avoid observing the Moon the day before Ganesha Chaturthi. Thus, to evade seeing the Moon, from 9:45 a.m. to 8:44 p.m.
– Devotees must rise early, bathe, and put on spotless clothing.
– Place the idol on a chowki covered with a red or yellow cloth.
– Sprinkling Ganga Jal, Illuminating a diya Put haldi-kumkum tilak on the forehead, offer Laddo or Modak, yellow flower vermillion, Meetha Paan, Paan supari laung, five kinds of dry fruits, five kinds of fruits, and a gorgeous dupatta, and cover the head with the dupatta.
– Adorn the area where the idol is set with various decorative elements.
– Commence Pooja with the “Om Gan Ganpataye Namah” Mantra.
– Recite the Bindayak Katha and the Ganesh Stotram, as well as the Ganesh Aarti.
– Bhajan kirtan must be performed during these days.
– These days are regarded as the most auspicious and sacrosanct, so those who cannot bring Lord Ganesha into their homes can pray by visiting temples and presenting laddoos and Durva to Lord Ganpati.
Throughout the 10 days of Ganesh Chaturthi, 16 rituals are performed. We can broadly categorise them into four important rituals:
This is the ritual required to consecrate the Ganpati statue. After performing ‘Deep-Prajwalan’ and ‘Sankalpa,’ this is the first step that devotees take. Lord Ganesha is respectfully summoned with mantra recitation, and life is invoked within the pandal, temple, or home-based idol.
The next stage is the 16-step puja tradition, where’shodasha’ means 16 and ‘upachara’ means ‘devoutly offering the lord’ in Sanskrit.
The idol is then bathed in milk, ghee, honey, curd, and sugar (panchamrit snan), followed by perfumed oil and then ganga jal. Then, new clothing is presented (vastra, uttariya samarpan), alongside flowers, intact rice (Akshata), a garland, sindoor, and chandan. The deity is decorated and revered by offering modak, betel leaves, and coconut (naivedya), lighting incense sticks, diyas, chanting hymns and mantras, and lighting incense sticks.
This ritual is carried out prior to visarjan. People of all ages participate in the festival with tremendous enthusiasm and devotion. Whether in pandals, temples, or residences, Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated with great joy. People sing and dance while setting off pyrotechnics. Ganesha is worshipped with the beautiful chant of mantras, aarti, and flowers to send farewell. The order of the phases is Niranjan aarti, Pushpanjali arpan, and Pradakshina.
This is the final ceremony in which the Ganesha statue is submerged in water. People can be heard chanting on their way to the immersion, “Ganapati Bappa Morya, Purchya Varshi Laukariya” (Hail Lord Ganpati, come swiftly next year). Notably, this Ganpati Visarjan is commemorated with great zeal in Mumbai and throughout the rest of Maharashtra.
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