GANESH CHATURTHI

Happy Eid- ul-Fiter and Vinayka Chavithi for all of you.

 

The festival begins with the installation of huge elaborately crafted statutes of Ganesha in homes and podiums, which have been especially constructed and beautifully decorated. Artisans put months of effort into making the statues. It's forbidden to look at the moon on this first night as legend had it the moon laughed at Lord Ganesha when he fell from his vehicle, the rat. On Ananta Chaturdasi (the last day), the statues are paraded through the streets, accompanied by much singing and dancing, and then immersed in the ocean or other bodies of water. In Mumbai alone, more than 150,000 statues are immersed each year!

The main sweet dish during the festival is the modak (modagam or modakam in South India). A modak is a dumpling made from rice flour/wheat flour with a stuffing of fresh or dry-grated coconut, jaggery, dry fruits and some other condiments. It is either steam-cooked or fried. Another popular sweet dish is the karanji (karjikaiin Kannada) which is similar to the modak in composition and taste but has a semicircular shape.



The festivals are celebrated in school to inculcate the basic religious culture in them . To inform them why the festivals are celebrated. We made all the children to stand and fold their hands to do namaskar in front of the 'Mandir'. after installing the 'Ganesh' idol.

They saw a beautiful movie of  ganesha called 'My Friend Ganesha'.

WISH ALL THE PARENT'S A VERY HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI.