गणेश चतुर्थी-जानकारी-5

[Atul Kaviraje]

                                      "गणेश चतुर्थी"
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मित्रो,

     आज दिनांक-१९.०९.२०२३-मंगळवार है. आज "गणेश चतुर्थी" है. भगवान गणेश को समर्पित पर्व गणेश चतुर्थी जल्द ही प्रारंभ होने वाला है। लोग इस दौरान घरों में बप्पा की विधिवत पूजा-अर्चना करते हैं। चतुर्थी तिथि 18 सितंबर 2023 को दोपहर 12 बजकर 39 मिनट से प्रारंभ होगी और 19 सितंबर को दोपहर 01 बजकर 43 मिनट पर समाप्त होगी। मराठी कविताके मेरे सभी हिंदी भाई-बहन, कवी-कवियित्रीयोको श्री गणेश चतुर्थी की बहोत सारी शुभकामनाये. आईए, पढते है श्री गणेश भगवानजी की जानकारी. 

            Ganesh Chaturthi:--

     Ganesh Chaturthi also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is a
Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesh to earth from Kailash Parvat with his mother Goddess Parvati.

     The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesh clay idols at homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals and celebrated chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts such as prayers and vrata.

     Offerings and prasadam from the daily prayers are distributed from the pandal to the community, including sweets such as modaka which is believed to be a favourite of Lord Ganesh.

     The festival ends on the tenth day after the start, when the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea.

     In Mumbai alone, around 150,000 statues are immersed annually. Thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesh is believed to return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva.

     The festival celebrates Lord Ganesh as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles as well as the GOD of wisdom and intelligence and is observed throughout India.

                          (साभार एवं सौजन्य-संदर्भ-रॉक n रोल.इन)
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-----संकलन
-----श्री.अतुल एस.परब(अतुल कवीराजे)
-----दिनांक-19.09.2023-मंगळवार.
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