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Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chavithi: Also called: Chavithi, Chouthi, Ganeshotsav, Gauri Ganesh: Observed by: Hindus around the world: Type: Religious: Celebrations: Chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts, prayers, processions, idol immersion: Ends: 5 and 7, & 9, 11 days after the start and 21 days after the start only in some regions of ...
Ganesha (/gəɳeɕᵊ/, Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Pillaiyar, and Lambodara, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon [4] and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. [5]
Ganesh Jayanti (literally "Ganesha's birthday", also known as Bhadra shukla chaturthi, Tilkund chaturthi, and Varad chaturthi, is a Hindu festival. This occasion celebrates the birth day of Ganesha , the lord of wisdom. [ 1 ]
Vinayaka Chaturthi is the Chaturthi after Amavasya or new moon. Devotees observe the fast for full day and night and meal is consumed the next day. This fast is mostly observed in Western and Southern India especially by the Brahmin community (Smarta or Shaiva).
The Medieval text Gorakshasamhita describes Vinayaki as elephant-faced, pot-bellied, having three eyes and four arms, holding a parashu and a plate of modaks. [14] Srikumara's sixteenth century iconographical treatise Shilparatna describes a female form of Ganesha (Ganapati) called Shakti-Ganapati, who resides in the Vindhyas. The deity has an ...
Vinayaka Chavithi: 4th day of Bhaadrapadam August–September It is celebrated as the arrival of Vinayaka on the earth. Navaratri: Chaitra and Ashvini September–October The nine-day festival of Durga culminates in Vijayadashami (Dasara). This is one of the three auspicious days of the year. Vijayadashami: Tenth day of waxing moon of Ashvini
Lalbaugcha Raja (English: The King of Lalbaug) is the sarvajanik (public) Ganesha idol kept at Lalbaug, a locality in Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra, during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The idol gives darshan [ clarification needed ] to the devotees for 11 days; thereafter it is immersed in the Arabian Sea at Girgaon Chowpatty on ...
13th-century Ganesha bronze. Late Chola, Tamil Nadu. Vinayagar Agaval is a devotional poetic hymn to the Hindu deity Ganesha.It was written in the 10th century during the Chola dynasty by the Tamil poet Avvaiyar, shortly before her death. [1]