Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Ganpati Bappa Morya!!
Crowded streets, decorated tents, large queues in front of sweet stores and chants of Ganpati Bappa Morya from every corner of the road is what you witness in the city these days. And only for this period no body seems to be annoyed with people pilling up in front of these tents to watch the massive decorations and say their prayers..
These 10 days of Ganesh Utsav (to celebrate the birth of god ganesha) bring in a different spirit to the entire city. Everything looks colourful specially with the lights in the evening, totally calm with every single person having lots of time to glance at the idols and chat away with glory. The sound of the aarti (prayers) chanted in the calmness of the night make the feeling of connection with god even stronger. Me aint very much a spiritual person but somehow love this festival. We too get an idol of ganesha every year home and its fun to decorate the place, help in preparing the different sweets served as the Prasad and then just watch the entire idol light in the darkness from far.. Ahhh.. amazing feeling..
Here are some pictures of the decorations done at my home.. :)
These 10 days of Ganesh Utsav (to celebrate the birth of god ganesha) bring in a different spirit to the entire city. Everything looks colourful specially with the lights in the evening, totally calm with every single person having lots of time to glance at the idols and chat away with glory. The sound of the aarti (prayers) chanted in the calmness of the night make the feeling of connection with god even stronger. Me aint very much a spiritual person but somehow love this festival. We too get an idol of ganesha every year home and its fun to decorate the place, help in preparing the different sweets served as the Prasad and then just watch the entire idol light in the darkness from far.. Ahhh.. amazing feeling..
Here are some pictures of the decorations done at my home.. :)
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