About Ganesh Sthapana and Visarjan Puja
Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi (Vināyaka Chaturthī) is the Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesha. A ten-day festival, it starts on the fourth day of Hindu luni-solar calendar month Bhadrapada, which typically falls in Gregorian months of August or September. The festival is marked with installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary stage). Observations include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts such as Ganapati Upanishad, prayers and vrata (fasting). Offerings and prasada from the daily prayers, that is distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modaka believed to be a favorite of the elephant-headed deity. The festival ends on the tenth day after start, wherein the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in nearby water body such as a river or ocean, thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesha is believed to return to Mount Kailash to Parvati and Shiva.
Lord Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, is one of the most revered Gods. Ganesh Sthapana Puja is performed during the Ganesh Chaturthi which falls on the 4th day after Amavasya in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada. In 2023 this festival comes on 18th September.
The procedure of this homam is by invoking Lord Ganapathi followed by the chanting of the Ganapathi Mantra and then performing the Ganapathi puja to receive his blessings.
The festival celebrates Lord Ganesha as the God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles and is observed throughout India.
Depending on start and end time of Chaturthi Tithi, sighting of moon might be prohibited for two consecutive days. According to DrikPanchang.com rules, Moon should not be sighted while Chaturthi Tithi is prevailing. Further, Moon risen during Chaturthi should not be sighted even if Chaturthi Tithi gets over before moonset.
When to Perform Ganesh Sthapana Puja?
Ganesh Chaturthi falls on the 4th day after Amavasya in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada. In 2023 this festival comes on 18th September.
Benefits of Ganesh Puja:
- It bestows a person with intelligence and wisdom.
- It helps to overcome obstacles and hurdles a person may face in life.
- It ensures good fortune, harmony, and prosperity in the family.
- To get back fortune, wealth and success
- The vrat is observed with the objective of accomplishing all worldly desires
- The worshipers get free from all distress and sorrow
If anyone has mistakenly sighted moon on Ganesha Chaturthi then he should chant following Mantra to get rid of the curse –
सुकुमारक मारोदीस्तव ह्येष स्यमन्तकः॥
Sukumaraka Marodistava Hyesha Syamantakah॥
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