GANESH JAYANTI

Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganesh Utsav or the birthday of
Ganesha (the elephant-headed God of Wisdom and
Prosperity) falls on the fourth day of the Hindu month
of Bhadrapada (around August-September). It is
celebrated all across India and is the biggest
festival in Maharashtra. So if you are anywhere close
to Mumbai, don’t think twice about moving heaven and
earth to be there for Ganesha’s day. It’ll be a day
you shall look back upon with some wonder.

Ganesha is India’s cutest god. He has the head of an
elephant on which is perched a dainty tiara, four
podgy hands joined to a sizeable belly with each hand
holding its own symbolic object. One has a trishul, or
a trident, the second, an ankush, or goad made from
his very own broken tooth, the third hand elegantly
holds a lotus and the fourth a rosary (which is
sometimes replaced by modaks – his favourite sweet).
Ganesha is famous not only for being a trickster and
for his sense of humour, but equally for his wisdom.
He is the son of Shiva (Destroyer in the Hindu Holy
Trinity of Creator-Preserver-Destroyer) and Parvati
(Shiva’s consort).

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