Ganesh Chaturthi festival is a Hindu festival celebrated by Indians and it’s also known by the name of Vinayaka Chaturthi. This festival is a 10-day celebration that is marked by an installation of Ganesh Chaturthi 2022 clay idol in homes, temples, and temporarily made stages.
The auspicious ceremony marks the birthday of Lord Ganesha, who’s considered the God of good fortune. It starts on the fourth day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar in the month of Bhadrapada, around August and September.
Every year this festival is celebrated with great eagerness via pandals and local communities. If you’re not able to be part of local festivities, here’s how you can celebrate Festival Ganesh Chaturthi at home:
Worshiping Lord Ganesha
The festival celebration begins a month before were idols of Lord Ganesha are made in many sizes for temples, houses, and pandals. You can begin the rituals by getting a clay idol of Ganesh Ji, to worship in the morning and the evening. The entire house is usually cleaned before getting the idol home and the entire family is gathered to welcome the Lord. The ideal is then worshiped by offerings of durva, flowers, modaks, and karanji.
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Pooja Vidhi
Keep the idol on a raised platform before chanting the mantras. Prayers and mantras are chanted before installing the idol and once it is established. After it is placed five flowers on the feet of Ganesh Ji. Here, the Lord’s feet are cleaned with holy water. Then, the idol is provided water with a bath by panchamrita.
Lastly, you can give the idol a bath with pure water and offer new clothes. Offerings like sindoor, naivedyam, Chandan, durva, garland are made. For the pooja vidhi, you can also call a pandit at home to chant the mantras and do the sixteen rituals of Ganesh Chaturthi’s pooja.
Prasad and Bhog
Lord Ganesha was a fan of ladoos and modak a sweet dumpling filled with jaggery and coconut made from rice or wheat flour. At this festival, various forms of modak use in form of prasad. Around 21 sweets in which modak, ladoos give to Ganesha Jias bhog on ganesh chaturthi celebrations.
Ganesha Visarjan
The 10-day long festival ends with the visarjan. On the last day, the idol is carried by the group or family. Here, a celebration with music and chanting is done. The idol is carried to get immersed in a water body such as a river, lake, or ocean where the clay idol dissolves.
Happy Ganesh Pooja to you all!!
FAQ
1. When is Ganesha Celebration’s Day 2022?
Wednesday, 31 August
2. On which day Ganesha is Worshipped?
The festival of Ganesha is celebrated as the birth of Lord Ganesh, the god of wisdom and fortune. It is worshipped on the fourth day of the Bhadrapada month in the Hindu calendar, comes usually in august and September.
3. How many days are there for Ganesh Chaturthi 2022?
10-day long festival will finish on 09th September 2022.
4. What is the time of Ganesh Sthapana?
The Ganesha Chaturthi Tithi begins at August 31 between 11:05 pm to 01:38 pm, and the Visarjan will take place on September 9 2022 as per Hindu Mythology.