Ganesh Chaturthi (or Ganapati Chovati as we Konkanis call it) is THE celebration in our extended family home in Mumbai. During the five days of Ganapati, all pujas are performed as prescribed in the Puranas, including recitations from the Vedas. At the end of the fifth day, the murthy is consigned to the seas (visarjan), leaving us all melancholy. Even Meera was puzzled that beautiful “Ganapati Bappa” was missing. He’ll be back next year, Meera! And so will we all.
See an earlier post for a brief background on Ganapati.
The murthy is brought home, the day before. In this first pic, Ganapati has only been kept in place. During the first puja, the murthy will be dressed with flowers, and with the recitation of chants, sanctified with the divine presence.
During aarti on the last (5th) day.
Visiting the Sarvajanik (public) Ganapatis:
The two GSB (Konkani) Ganesh murthys are among the top 10 in Mumbai! This one at the GSB Seva mandal, King Circle, Matunga is among the largest and draws more than a 100,000 visitors each day.
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