In a small cage. I knew at once that I wanted to keep him

GANESH CHATURTHI FESTIVAL ESSAY 6 (400 WORDS) 
People worship God Ganesha (Vigneshwara) while celebrating the Ganesh Chaturthi. 
Ganesha is a most popular deity in the Hinduism Who is worshipped by each member of 
the family. He is worshipped by the people always before starting any new work in any 
field. This festival is especially celebrated in the state of Maharashtra however now-a-days 
started celebrating in almost all states. It is a most important festival of Hindu religion. 
People worship the God of knowledge and prosperity on Ganesha Chaturthi with full 
devotion and faith. 
People belief that Ganesha comes every year with lots happiness and prosperity and goes 
after removing all the sufferings. Devotees do variety of preparations at this festival to make 
Ganesha happy. This is celebrated as the birth anniversary of the Ganesha to welcome and 
honour Him. This festival starts on Chaturthi in the Shukla Paksha in the month of 
Bhadrapada (August or September) and ends on 11th day on Anant Chaturdashi. 
Worshipping Ganesha is of great importance in Hinduism. It is believed that one who 
worships Him with complete devotion and faith would be blessed with happiness, 
knowledge, wealth and long life. 
People take bath in the early morning on the day of Ganesha Chaturthi, wear clean 
clothes and worship God. They offer many things and pray to God by chanting mantras, 
aarti song, and devotional songs and perform other rituals of Hindu religion. Earlier, this 
festival was celebrated only in some families. Later it was started celebrating as a festival 
with the ritual of idol installation and idol immersion to make a big occasion as well as get 
free from sufferings. It was started as a festival by the Lokmanya Tilak (a social reformer, 
Indian nationalist and freedom fighter) in 1893. At that time he made a ritual of 
worshipping Ganesha to protect Indians against British rule. 
Now-a-days, Ganesha Chaturthi is observed as a National Festival to remove the inequality 
among people of Brahmins and non-Brahmins. Lord Ganesha is known by various names 
some of are like Ekadanta, God of limitless powers, Heramba (obstacles remover), 
Lambodara, Vinayaka, God of Gods, God of wisdom, God of wealth and prosperity and 
many more. People see off the Ganesha on 11th day (Anant chaturdashi) with complete 
Hindu ritual of Ganesha Visarjan. They pray to God to come back again in next year with 
lots of blessings. 
========================================================================= 

---

 
246