Gajanan Bhootpanadhi Sevintan, Kapiththjambufulcharubhakshanam. Umasutam Shokavinashkaramn, Param Vighnapadapadkajam. Gajanan Bhoota Ganadi Sevitam, Kapithth Jambu Fruit Charu Bhakshanam. One who is venerated by all the ganas and berries, Parvati son Vighneshwar Ganapathi, who destroys sorrows, I bow to your feet. Ganesh Chaturthi, in Hinduism, is a 10-day festival of the birth of the elephant-headed god Ganesha, the god of prosperity and wisdom. It begins on the fourth day (Chaturthi) of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September), the sixth month of the Hindu calendar. At the beginning of the festival, the idols of Ganesha are kept in homes and in pandals. Puja begins with pranapratishtha, the ritual of invoking prana in idols, followed by shodashopachara or tribute in 16 ways. During the chanting of Vedic hymns from religious texts such as the Ganesh Upanishad, the idols are anointed with red sandalwood paste and yellow and red flowers. Ganesh is also offered coconut, jaggery, and 21...
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