Celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi is set to begin from today. While most of the Hindus celebrate the festival for a day and half at home, some others will celebrate it for five, seven, nine, eleven and 21 days.
The festival begins with haritalika or ‘tay', the previous day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. On this day, Lord Ganesha's parents, Shiva and Parvati, are worshiped and women in the family generally observe fast. This is followed by the Chaturthi wherein people perform pooja of the Ganesh idol.
The next day after Chaturthi is the Panchami, also known as ‘navyachi pancham' or the harvest festival. Here, pooja of the freshly harvested paddy is performed. The same paddy is also used in preparing ‘payas', sweet prepared using milk.
Another attraction during the Chaturthi is the ‘matoli', a wooden canopy comprising of seasonal as well as wild fruits and flowers,
which is installed right above the idol of Lord Ganesh. Aartis and bhajans too fill the air in villages and towns alike with the members of other religious communities partaking in the celebrations by visiting their neighbours and close ones.
During the festive season, foodies can feast on various traditional delicacies like mugachyo gaathi, khatkhatein, purnachyo nevryo, among others.
Delicacies like laddooos, modaks and nevryos, which are considered to be favourite of Lord Ganesha are prepared.
The public celebration of the festival usually goes on for a week or longer with huge Ganapati idols and accompanying artistic recreation of various mythological scenes attracting massive crowds at numerous public spots across the state.
The festival begins with haritalika or ‘tay', the previous day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. On this day, Lord Ganesha's parents, Shiva and Parvati, are worshiped and women in the family generally observe fast. This is followed by the Chaturthi wherein people perform pooja of the Ganesh idol.
The next day after Chaturthi is the Panchami, also known as ‘navyachi pancham' or the harvest festival. Here, pooja of the freshly harvested paddy is performed. The same paddy is also used in preparing ‘payas', sweet prepared using milk.
Another attraction during the Chaturthi is the ‘matoli', a wooden canopy comprising of seasonal as well as wild fruits and flowers,
which is installed right above the idol of Lord Ganesh. Aartis and bhajans too fill the air in villages and towns alike with the members of other religious communities partaking in the celebrations by visiting their neighbours and close ones.
During the festive season, foodies can feast on various traditional delicacies like mugachyo gaathi, khatkhatein, purnachyo nevryo, among others.
Delicacies like laddooos, modaks and nevryos, which are considered to be favourite of Lord Ganesha are prepared.
The public celebration of the festival usually goes on for a week or longer with huge Ganapati idols and accompanying artistic recreation of various mythological scenes attracting massive crowds at numerous public spots across the state.
