Ganesh Chaturthi Puja Vidhi And How To Celebrate It?
In this article, you will get to know about Ganesh Chaturthi Puja Vidhi and celebration. You will understand how to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi. The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is about to come to on 2nd September this year. The ten-days long Hindu festival is celebrated by Lord Ganesha’s devotees all around India.
Lord Ganesha is the god of art, science and knowledge. He is known as 108 different names by Hindus like Ganapati, Vinayaka, Vighnaharta, Gajanan etc. He is worshiped at the start of any ritual or ceremony since he is esteemed as the God of beginnings. Mostly he is remembered as “Vinayaka” or “Ganpati” name by people.
Ganesh Sankashti Chaturthi 2019
Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganesh Chauth is the festival of celebrating Lord Ganesha’s birthday. It is celebrated during the Hindu month “Bhadra” (Mid-august to mid-September) and ends on Anant Chaturdashi after the grandest and most elaborate celebration of 10 days. The western Indian state Maharashtra is known for the grand scale celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi.
The Grand Celebration Of Ganesh Chaturthi!
The preparations to honor Ganesh Chaturthi usually starts 2-3 months before the day of the celebration. People make life-like clay models of Lord Ganesha in varying sizes from 3/4th of an inch to 25 feets.
The 10 days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival begins with the installation of these clay idols of Ganesha. People put Lord Ganesha on a platform to pray and worship in their homes or in elaborately decorated outdoor tents.
Ganesh Chaturthi 2019 Puja Muhurat To Bring The Idol
The Ganesh Chaturthi 2019 Puja Muhurat to bring the Vigraha / Idol home starts at Amrit time between 06:10 to 07:44, Shubh Time 09.18 to 10:53 and Labh Time i.e. between 15:35 to 17:09 minute (Please note these Timings are as per Panchang of Mumbai, India). Ganesh Pooja is preferred to be done during Madhyanha between 14:01 and 17:09 since it is believed that Ganesha was born during the meridian period.
During the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, people perform mainly four kinds of rituals and they are
Pranapratishhtha – It is the process of infusing the deity into a murti or idol. Priests wear a red silk dhoti with a shawl and invoke life into the idol amidst the chanting of loud mantras.
Shhodashopachara – It is the ceremony of 16 forms to pay tribute to Ganesha. People offer coconut, Jaggery, Modak, red flowers etc. to the divine lord. At this auspicious occasion Vedic mantras from the Rig Veda and Ganapati Atharva Shirsha Upanishad, and Ganesh Stotra from the Narada Purana are chanted.
Uttarpuja – It is the Puja after which the idol could be shifted after its infusion.
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