There are no hard and fast rules as to when it's done. However, many people who keep a Ganesh in their homes choose to perform the immersion much before this. The largest Ganesh statues, on display to the public, are usually immersed on Ananta Chaturdasi - 11 days after the first day of the Ganesh festival. * In large towns special roads are demarcated for these processions and the traffic police and users of cars, buses and two-wheelers display notable patience with the crowds and never-ending processions. * The sight of the crowded streets, the different Ganesh images and the happy people is an amazing spectacle. * The immersion ceremony, which is known as the 'visarjan', marks the end of the festivities. Meaning :- Ganesha my Lord, please return soon next year. "Ganpati bappa, moriya! Pudhchya Varshi, Lavakar yaa!" *The people dance with great enthusiasm and singing rents the air, urging the god to return post haste the next year. All this is done to the accompaniment of dancing and singing. * The very large images are transported by truck. * Huge processions made up of different groups all accompanying the image of Ganpati that they have worshipped, make their way by foot to the immersion site, a nearby lake ,river or sea. * On the tenth day of the festival this happy loving god leaves for his celestial home and is immersed in water. * Additionally, a large variety of savoury and sweet snacks such as karanjis, ladoos, chaklis, kadbolis and anarsas are distributed to devotees and guests during the pujas. These are served at the festive meals during the festival. Modaks are small rice or wheat flour dumplings stuffed with coconut and jaggery. * Special sweets called modaks are steamed or fried for offering to Ganpati. * Men and women, the old and young all join in. * Puja and aarti are performed every morning and evening using flowers, rice, betel nuts and leaves, turmeric, red powder, coins and oil lamps. * The Ganpati is decorated with ornaments, flowers and lights. * After the Ganpati image is collected it is ceremoniously installed in a place of honour and various rituals take place. * These larger Ganesh images are usually ordered by neighbourhood puja committees, the entire neighbourhood contributing towards the purchase. * The figures are often very large, standing several metres high. * Some devotees select and buy their Ganpati on the same day and others place their orders months in advance. * Prayers are said and songs chanted to the accompaniment of music from the mridanga or two-sided drum and the jhanj or cymbals. * On the first day the clay form of Ganpati is brought home with great devotion. The festival brings with it a feeling of comradeship. The ten-day festival starts from the fourth day of the bright half (shukla paksh) of the lunar month, Bhadrapada and continues till the fourteenth day.Thousands join in and form the many processions that fill the streets when the time comes for the image to be immersed in water.the nearby sea, river or lake. This Ganesh festival is about bringing home brilliantly crafted idols of the God, and there he will sit in state till Ganesh Chaturthi on September 19, when he is devotedly immersed in water. Ganesh Mahotsav starts from 'Ganesh Chaturthi' and lasts for 10 days, ending on the day of 'Ananta Chaturdashi'.Īlthough celebrated all across India, Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayak Chaturthi is a really important festival especially in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in the Deccan and South India.
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