Ganesh Chaturthi is a grand Hindu festival in India, celebrated in honour of Lord Ganesha. Ganesh is a hindu elephant headed god. Ganesh removes all obstacles to people if they pray to him. Ganesh Chaturthi usually comes during August - September, and celebrated over 10 days.
People bring Ganesh idols and statues to their homes, made of mud. They keep it for 1 or 3 or 10 days at home, they do pooja (prayers) every day by offering lot of flowers, fruits, coconut, and Indian sweets.
Luckily this year I was in India to celebrate it on the 29th august. I also brought a mud Ganesh home. Here are pictures of what I did.
This is a picture of how we decorated Ganesh and kept for 3 days.
Normally people immerse the Ganesh idols in a water body on the last day like ponds, lakes, wells, oceans, seas, rivers etc.
I immersed my Ganesh idol in the Bay of Bengal ocean which is really near my home in India.
Here are some pictures that me and my father found in the internet about huge Ganesh idols immersion from other places in India.
Here are some pictures that me and my father found in the internet about huge Ganesh idols immersion from other places in India.
