India is a country of festivals and joy.Every month there will be some great festival which will bring joy, love and happiness in homes.Shri Ganesh Chaturthi is one such festival which comes in Bhadrapad.Shri Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as birthday of Shri Lord Ganesha.
Shri
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in shukla-paksha (bright half) on forth
day Bhadrapad. No need to say it is a very famous festival in India
celebrated specially in Maharashtra,Karnataka,Tamilnadu and all over India. Even Indians staying in different countries celebrate this great festival with great enthusiasm.
Worshiped
by both Shaivites and Vaishnavites,Shri Ganesh is considered as the
first god to be invited and worshiped before any great dead/work.
This year 2012,Shri Ganesh Chaturthi is coming on September 19,2012. The day is Wednesday
Vinayak Chaturthi is an important festival especially in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and all over India
What
People do: People will bring home brilliantly crafted idols of the God.
Shri Ganesh is considered as a guest in home for this period and being
decorated ,worshiped everyday. On Ganesh Chaturthi on September Shri
Ganesha will be lovingly immersed in water.
