Ganpati Bappa Morya!!!
Some call him Vignaharata, some Ganu, others Sankat harata, many others call him Ashta vinayak. Call him by whichever name, there is no doubt that, he is easily the most liked and most revered God of the hindus!
It is that time of the year when fesitivites, sweets, wishes and smiles engulf the city. Ganu is brought to homes, societies, lanes, nukkads. He is adorned, decorated, bathed, cleaned, fed. Hymns are sung in his honour, prayers are chanted. Basically everything is done to appease him for a day, 3 days, 5, 7 or all 10 days.
Then what happens has often shocked me!! He is immersed in water???? I am sure there is some mythological, religious belief behind this practice. What i dont know. I would be glad to. But the point is, has anyone walked the beaches the next day?
You just might step over His hand or a leg or the stomach, a ear, his trunk or worst of all His face! Its like the potholes of the city. You avoid one, you end up falling in the other. Similarly, u try to avoid stepping on the arm, you might end up stepping on the face!! A stray is chewing on His trunk, carrying it around in its mouth as if it were a peice of a bone.
Has he been fed for all those days ONLY to be stepped on finally??? Is he the goat fed ONLY to be slaughtered???
The bigger the idol, the more difficult it is for the ocean to devour Him, and then He is spat back on shore to be stepped on by those very 'devotees' who paid their obeisance to him a few days back..... Sad.... aint it??
Some call him Vignaharata, some Ganu, others Sankat harata, many others call him Ashta vinayak. Call him by whichever name, there is no doubt that, he is easily the most liked and most revered God of the hindus!
It is that time of the year when fesitivites, sweets, wishes and smiles engulf the city. Ganu is brought to homes, societies, lanes, nukkads. He is adorned, decorated, bathed, cleaned, fed. Hymns are sung in his honour, prayers are chanted. Basically everything is done to appease him for a day, 3 days, 5, 7 or all 10 days.
Then what happens has often shocked me!! He is immersed in water???? I am sure there is some mythological, religious belief behind this practice. What i dont know. I would be glad to. But the point is, has anyone walked the beaches the next day?
You just might step over His hand or a leg or the stomach, a ear, his trunk or worst of all His face! Its like the potholes of the city. You avoid one, you end up falling in the other. Similarly, u try to avoid stepping on the arm, you might end up stepping on the face!! A stray is chewing on His trunk, carrying it around in its mouth as if it were a peice of a bone.
Has he been fed for all those days ONLY to be stepped on finally??? Is he the goat fed ONLY to be slaughtered???
The bigger the idol, the more difficult it is for the ocean to devour Him, and then He is spat back on shore to be stepped on by those very 'devotees' who paid their obeisance to him a few days back..... Sad.... aint it??
Exactly like the country's flag after Republic Day! They are found in dust bins and gutters!
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