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Ganesh Chaturthi Festival Celebrated in the UAEes

  •   Mon, Sep 17 2007 12:12:52 PM

Ganesh Chaturthi Festival Celebrated in the UAE
                                                      
By Sujay Bendur - Daijiworld Media Network – UAE (NR)

UAE, Sep 17: Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the most popular Hindu festivals. It is observed not only within India but also abroad, especially in the UAE, where Hindu deities are worshipped in majority. Ganesha's idols of different sizes and made of clay are sold in the shops located close to the temples here.
 
Ganesh Chaturthi is a ten-day festival dedicated to the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, who is regarded as the embodiment of success and wisdom. It is he who is propitiated first before a devotee starts any religious ceremony or ritual.
 
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated from the fourth to the fourteenth day in the month of Bhadrapad (August-September), when the moon is waxing bright. This festival is celebrated with great fervour all over India and also in other parts is the world. Preparations for the ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ celebrations begins months in advance. Every year clay images of the rotund, elephant-headed deity, ranging from a few inches to several feet in height are moulded into lovely shapes and then displayed wherever the festival is celebrated.










 

The main pooja, whether it is conducted in the home or at a public place, takes place on the very first day of the festival. Ganesha is worshipped with much fervour and ritual and the highlight of the festival is a feasting that is almost mandatory. Ganesha as is evident from his generous belly is very fond of sweets. So a variety of sweets is prepared in his name as ‘prasad’ and consumed with great gusto.
 
However many Hindus are wary of looking at the moon on this day. Once the main pooja is over, from that day onwards, till the tenth day, on certain specified days, the worship of Ganesha is concluded by immersing the deity in water. The Ganesha idol made of clay, to which obeisance has been offered is never kept permanently. It is then open to damage and no idol, no matter from what material it is crafted from, is never ever considered worthy of worship by Hindus, if it sustains even the minutest damage.

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  • Marian D'Souza, Mangalore - Falnir

    Wed, Sep 19 2007

    Its nice to see Ganesh Chathurthi Festival celebrated with such deep religious fervour and devotion in the U.A.E..Also the report and pictures are superb and adds to the popularity of your news portal amongst various communities. One more point worth noticing here is the full freedom given to all expatriates to celebrate their respective festivals with pomp and gaiety by the Arab nations of the Gulf & Middle East.

    By and large human beings always yearn to live in peace & harmony whereever they are, be it in our own country and mother land India which is very dear to us,or in the US, UK, Canada,Australia or any part of the world. It is only a few narrow minded and backward looking fundamentalist elements that try to drive a wedge between communities and set up one against another to promote their divisive agenda by raising one bogey or another each time with an eye on the vote banks so as to reap cheap political dividends.

    Knowing fully well that the 'Ayodhya' issue has fully lost its steam and is no longer encashable as is evident from the recent UP verdict, these forces have now pitched upon the ongoing Sethusamundram canal project and are trying their level best to make it an emotive controversy for electoral gains. But the vast majority of our nation will never fall prey to their evil designs and think of progress and development of the country which is the need of the hour.

    I would like to repeat the comments by one of the readers that'We are now living in 2007 and not in 1907.'So let us forget the past and think of the future.

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