Ganesh Utsav 2024 is an important festival for all the people of Hindu Religion. People bring the idol of Ganpati Bappa to their house and worship him for 10 days. According to their believe, people established the idol of Lord Ganesha at different place and this ceremony continues for 10 days. The festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm and different types of Bhog and prasad are offered to Lord Ganesha.After 10 days, Ganpati Bappa’s immersions done on the day of Anant Chaturdashi. Have you ever thought about why the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated only for 10 days, lets us know the answer of this question.
Ganesh Chaturthi 2024
The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi will start from 7th September and will last for 10 days. This festival ends on Anant Chaturdashi and Ganpati Bappa is bid farewell. This time Ganesh immersion will happen on 17th September. Devotees of Ganesh celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm and chant “Ganpati Bappa Moriya” from streets to temple. The most amazing sight of this festival to be seen in Maharashtra, where big pandal’s are set up and Bappa is welcomed with great fanfare.
Mumbai’s best Ganpati pandal on Ganesh Chaturthi
With the beginning of Ganesh Chaturthi, entire Maharashtra becomes a religious heaven with the advent of this festival. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated almost in every house in Maharashtra. The history of Ganesh Utsav in Maharashtra is quite old. In Mumbai, Ganesh Chaturthi is organized on a very large scale.There are many such groups in Mumbai which are especially famous for making the best pandals and idols of Lord Ganesha during Ganesh Utsav such as:
1)Lalbagh cha Raja Ganesh Utsav mandal:-This is one of the popular and most visited Ganesh idols in Mumbai, Ganesh idol of Lalbagh cha Raja or Lalbagh ka Raja is made of unique design and patient. This idol attracts a lot of Media attention, it takes more than 20 hours to have darshan of Ganesh idol. This pandal’s Ganesh idol attract lakhs of people. People believe that their wishes are fulfilled by seeing the Ganesh idol of this pandal.
2)Andheri cha Raja:-Andheri cha Raja is as important for Mumbai and its neighbors as Lalbagh cha Raja is the idol here is not so huge but the prayer to fulfill the wish has been received. Every year this is also one of the biggest and famous temples of Asht Vianayak.
3)Ganesh Gali Mumbai cha Raja:– Mumbai cha Raja is also located every year for the new theme which is based on some famous place in India. Is recognized which attracts a lot of people. This group also supports nature by making eco friendly idol of Lord Ganesha which is beneficial for the environment.
4)Khetwadi cha Ganaraj ji: –This award winner Khetwadi cha Ganaraj is known for making the most iconic idol of Ganesh ji in Mumbai. This group came into discussion for making tallest Ganesh
idol in the history of India. Which was 40 ft. tall. The appeal of this group
is that there should be a Ganesh idol in almost every street of the area.
5)Ganesh idol of GSB seva mandal:-this idol made of gold, is also called Mumbai’s gold Ganesha. Ganesh idol of this group is the richest in Mumbai. This idol is established in kin circle near Wadala.
Why is Ganesh Festival Celebrated Only For 10 Days?
Ganesh Chaturthi marks the beginning of the 10-day Ganesh festival, which concludes on Anant Chaturthi. It is said that Vedvyas ji had requested Ganesh ji to write Mahabharat Granth. Vedvyas ji continuously telling the story and Ganesh ji continuously wrote Mahabharat katha for 10 days.
Due to writing non-stop at one place, dust accumulated on Ganesh ji’s body. Due to this on the day 10th Ganesh ji took a bath in Saraswati River and cleaned the dust. Since then, the idol of Ganpati established on Ganesh Chaturthi and is worshiped for 9 days and then immersed in water for 10th day.
