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In a small cage. I knew at once that I wanted to keep himGANESH CHATURTHI FESTIVAL ESSAY 6 (400 WORDS)3 100 essays vol. 1 (2)-226-326GANESH 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.
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