Lord Vishnu as imperishable banyan tree.Tolerance as a tree, spreads its roots(above). The tree that fulfils all desires, and its strong root(all expectations at its root) is dharma(the quality of virtue) or Duty. Trinity of the stem - Knowledge, Karma(work, action), Meditation(worship). Lord Vishnu illuminates and spreads light in all the seasons as imperishable banyan tree. One should live like a imperishable banyan tree. Tree is the epitome of virtue.what is action? Heartbeat is action,Pulsation is a action,Sleeping is a action:dying too is an activity.This is the gist of all worship-To be pure to your work or duty and to do good for others.He who sees Shiva in poor,in the weak, and in the diseased,really worships Shiva:if he sees Shiva only in images,his worship is but preliminary .In short The ways of god are just.One should overcome insurmountable difficulties By reciting I"TS(GOD) Name..One should not be Tempted by wayside attractions the delay on our part can upset the whole Apple-cart.one should go on working and work with a sense of Non-attachment.Flow Like ,ocean glow Like Saint ,Drink (Poison) Like lord Shiva,Than you Free From the Circle of Life and Death. Lord Ganesha Ji Ganapati Bappa Morya, Mangalmurti Morya.

9.09.2014

Ganesh Visarjan at Haridwar under the guidance of Shri Pawan Sharma Ji



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Watch temple  video  the beauty of amritsar Ganesha temple. 


Ganesh Chaturthi also known as chintamani Chaturthi is celebrated as the Birth Anniversary of Lord Ganesh, the God of Wisdom and Prosperity of Hindu mythology. Approximately 600 idols of Ganesh are commissioned for Ganesh Chaturthi in haridwar alone. And in Mumbai we can multiply ten times.

The idol of Ganesh is installed at homes and temples and worshipped for ten days. The houses are cleaned up before the idol of Ganesh is installed. The idol is brought home with face covered with a saffron cloth amidst chanting of shlokas.Ganesh Visarjan is the culmination of the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival which celebrates the birthday of elephant-headed god Ganesh. Ganesha immerse holy idols in the ,  Ganga accompanied by drum beats, devotional songs and dancing.While celebrated all over India, it is most elaborate in western and southern India. Outside India, it is celebrated widely in Nepal and by Hindus in the United States, Canada and Fiji.

We the people of Amritsar who are connected  to Lord Ganesha 400 YEARS OLD TEMPLE in Logarh  Gate also participated in visarjan under the Guidance of shri Pandit Pawan Kumar Sharma  in Haridwar every year for taking the blessing of lord upmapati son with all the Santana vidi here is some picture and movies which we took here.

  We went to prarthana sabha in haridwar and first of all; loed ganesha ji sit on his seat before visarjan  and under the guidence of  Shri Pandit Pawan kumar Sharma ji Brahm Bhoj Was done daily on 1:00 Pm at afternoon from 5 /9/2014  .  Brahm (for Brahmin) bhoj (for feast) is a unique ritual of feeding Brahmins. It is considered auspicious and is practiced on occasions of , various poojas.

Brahmins are supposed to be the uppermost caste and associated with the performance of all the Vedic rituals. The basic idea behind Brahm-bhoj is to get their blessings. The family members usually participate in serving the Brahmins. 

Brahm-bhoj 








Here we also have bhajan kirtan ceremony 2014 videos, Ganpati Visarjan puja / pooja. In short, it will be a complete Ganpati Visarjan – last day of Vinyaka Chaturthi celebration teleacast online. Now everyone thinking There will be crowds, there will be cheers. Families will gather on sea-facing balconies to watch idols big and small go by. Devotees will bid tearful goodbyes to lord Ganpati.










The large Ganesh statues take a long time to reach the River Ganga and be immersed. The slow moving processions commonly start out 3p:m  and go throughout the River Ganga

 Many roads are closed to traffic, Due to ganesh visarjan ,Prior to immerse the  Vinayaks ideol in to the river Ganga  there proper vidi (chanting mantras and songs) was being flowed by Brahman.







 Public celebrations of the festival are hugely popular,  DANCING , singing  and enjoying by saying  everyone  GANPATI BHAPPA MORIYA  MANGAL MURTI  MORIYA.
 in short , The festival is also the time for cultural activities like singing and dancing performances, and use of Gulal is common as common in  the festival of holy



Ganesh Festival is truly electrifying and energetic.During evening time specially during Visarjan(Immersion) entire devotee's




  used to get the taste of fantastic dhol dhamaka music and one used to start dancing automatically.


The Ganesh Chaturthi in Haridwar has become very popular. The popularity of this festival can be gauged from the fact that many a trader and business have started using the pandals for advertising. Besides Social organisations and Residents welfare organisations all over Haridwar







and the NCR have this festival as part of their annual calendar of festivals.

At Finally we reached Har ki pori and one of my friend"s with me  ask me the why we immerse  Ganesha  into the river while sitting at Har ki Pori than i explain.
Hari ki podi

Visarjan is a Sanskrit word that refers to final rite and act of invoking departure. Symbolically  the idol is seen as a temporary body in which the Lord descends on invocation of the devout. The mud idol is finally returned to the nature by submersion into running water, such as a lake, river or the sea. For the devout, the purpose of Visarjan is to replenish the spiritual energy of the earth and a reminder that material wealth is transitory and is of no use to the soul. The process of Ganesh visarjan teaches us detachment; and the reminds us of ephemeral nature of the body. It explains that our body that we cherish and pamper, will one day be reduced to ashes and natural elements. The Ganpati immersion is marked by the near delirious devotees of the Lord going into a vivacious mood. The cheering crowd can be seen dancing on the roads to bid adieu their God of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune.
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8.18.2013

Iconographical peculiarities(Ganesha)

Ganesha is the most interesting not only on account of his importance, but also because of his iconographical peculiarities Of all the gods and goddesses of the hindu pantheon. He is depicted with an elephant head,a buling belly and in variety of poses. In point of time gods appears to be alate edition to the hierarchy of hindu deities but, are same time,It is noteworthy that he achieves a very excalted postion in the hierarchy of the gods and goddesses within a very short space of time . The general opinion seems to favour the view that his worship began sometime in 6th century A.D.and during the following two or three centuries we witness his rapid rise to prominence, so much so, that by tenth century an indepent sdect-of course within the folds of hindisum –commonly knows as the ganpataya comes into being .


Ganesha was also borred by other religious system such as budhism and Jainism, and his workship spread almost all over asia where Buddhism and other sect of hindusim become living faiths .ganesha is still accorded a very high postion by the hindus and it is one of the most important deties worshipped in india today .





THE Workship of Ganesha the elephant –headed deity, in the late gupta and post gupta periods can be said to be an established fact. This has been conclusively proved by the evidence furnished by an inscription an established fact. This has been conclusively proved by the evidence furnished by an inscription an acient column at Ghatiala near Jodpur (Rajasthan). The inscription is dated 862A.D.and has been taken to be earliest of its kind in the praise of the deity. The column is crowned by four images of ganesha seated back to back and facing the four cordinal points. This shows that by 862 ganesha in the form of the elephant-headed gods,has risen to that exalted postion where he was worshipped independtly and invocated for success. However, earlier images of the god are met within rock cut temple at elephant, ellora and badmi in western india. The images of ganesha ascrible to 6th century a.d. are far and few between.noteworthy among them are those in the gupta temple at bhurma (District panna, Madhya Pradesh) and udagiri hills near vidisa (Madhya Pradesh). Theyhave been adequately noticed by Scholors who agree that the Workship of ganesha wass in vogue in the Gupta period. In this connection it is interesting to note that Varahamihira in his Brhatsamhita prescribed the details regarding the fashioning of the Ganesha images .The work is dated to the beginning of the 6th century b and it can therefore be surmised that the Images of Ganesha must have existed in the still earlier period.

It Appers that the Workship of Ganesha began in the Gupta period around 4th-5th cent. A.D. and spread to other lands quite early .the Buddhist lost no time in borrowing the deity in Their own pantheon and Ganesha travelled to distant lands along with Buddhism .thus in south – east Asia he was worshipeed as a Hindu deity whereas in the far east,he was Adobed as a Buddhist deity . The following account amply shows that the elephant –headed god was Workshipped almost all over asia (Except west Asia ), and as such he is perhaps the only hindu divinity whose worship was widely distributed in terms of space and time.

The lord ganesha appears in Japan It appears thet ganesha was unknow in japan till 9th century. But once his workship was introduced by Kolso daishi,a buddist the god become quite popular and his statues inthe vinayaka from were made and temples were dedicated to him he was often shown standing with two,four or six arms and usally with a smiling countenance. In the Kaku-zen -cho from he was shown with three heads ,each having three eye and his four hands he held a sword , a raddish, a modaka,and sceptre. He supposed to be seated on amountain and was referred to as "king of elephants" In the double from kangi ten ganesha was workshiped not publicly in temples but secretly. It was a secret esoteric cult, based on the doctrine of yoga.               

The LORD GANESHA POPULAR IN MONGOLIA The introduction of Buddishm in Mongolia, Ganesha reached that land. Buddishm spread There through tibet and tibetan monk hphags-pa carried Mahayana Buddishm into The Mongolia in The 13 th century and is said to have converted even The emperor kublai khan. To The mongols makala was only The manifestation of shiva and it was Therefore,quite natural that Ganesha should have become popular mongolia . The danceing form of The elephant- headed god (Nrtta-ganpati) is to be found among The "five hundred gods of Northan". He is shown on his mount (vahana) rat which hold The jewels cintamani in its mouth The four hand hold each an axe (parasu), radish (Mula-kanda), bowl of sweet and a trident (Trisula) which normally ia an attribute of shiva. According to legend: The Father of hphas-pa is said to have invoked ganesha who took him up with his trunk ,carried him to The top of mount meru and showing him The country of mongolia said "thy son shall subjugate this whole country",which proved to be true.

Ganesha is the formless Divinity

The Lord of all these groups of atoms and energies is Ganesha. He is the supreme consciousness that pervades all and brings order in this universe. The essence of Ganesha is brought out beautifully by Adi Shankara. Though Ganesha is worshiped as the elephant-headed God, the form (swaroop) is just to bring out the formless (parabrahma roopa) . He is, 'Ajam Nirvikalpam Niraakaaramekam.' This means Ganesha is Ajam (unborn), he is Nirvikalpa(attributeless), he is Niraakaar (formless) and he symbolizes the consciousness which is omnipresent. Ganesha is the same energy which is the reason for this universe. It is the energy from which everything manifests and into which everything will dissolve. We are all familiar with the story of how Ganesha became the elephant-headed God. Parvati became dirty when she was celebrating with Shiva. When she realized this, she removed the dirt from her body and created a boy out of it. She then asked him to keep guard while she bathed. When Shiva returned, the boy did not recognize him and obstructed his passage. So Shiva chopped off the boy's head and entered. Parvati was shocked when she saw this. She explained to Shiva that the boy was their son and pleaded with Shiva to save him at all costs. Shiva then instructed his helpers to go and get the head of someone who was sleeping with their head pointing to the north. The helpers then got the head of an elephant, which Shiva affixed to the boy's torso and Ganesha was born! Does this story sound strange? Why should Parvati have dirt on her body? Didn't the all-knowing Shiva recognize His own son? Was Shiva, the epitome of peace, so short-tempered that he cut off the head of his own son? And why an elephant head on Ganesha? There is a deeper meaning to all this. Parvati is symbolic of festive energy. Her becoming dirty signifies that celebration can easily become Rajasik, or feverish and can take you away from your center. Dirt is symbolic of ignorance, and Shiva is symbolic of the Supreme Innocence, Peace and Knowledge. So when Ganeshaobstructs the path of Shiva, this means that ignorance, which is an attribute of the head, does not recognize knowledge. Then knowledge has to overcome ignorance. This is the symbolism behind Shiva chopping off the boy's head. And why the elephant head? Elephant represents both gyan shakti and karma shakti. The principle qualities of the elephant are wisdom and effortlessness. The enormous head of the elephant signifies Wisdom and Knowledge. Elephants don't walk around obstacles, neither are they stopped by them. They just remove them and walk ahead – signifying effortlessness. So, when we worship Lord Ganesha these elephant qualities within us are kindled and we take on these qualities. Ganesha'sbig belly represents generosity and total acceptance. Ganesha's upraised hand, depicting protection, means, 'Fear not, I am with you', and his lowered hand, palm facing outwards means endless giving as well as an invitation to bow down, this is symbolic of the fact that we will all dissolve into earth one day. Ganesha also has a single tusk which signifies one-pointedness. Even the implements Ganesha wields are symbolic. He carries in his hands, the 'Ankusa' (signifying awakening) and the 'Paasa' (signifying control). With awakening, a lot of energy is released, which without proper control, can go haywire. And why does Ganesha, the elephant-headed God travel on something as small as a mouse? Isn't that so incongruous? Again there is symbolism that runs deep. The mouse snips and nibbles away at ropes that bind. The mouse is like the mantra which can cut through sheaths and sheaths of ignorance, leading to the ultimate knowledge represented by Ganesha! Our ancient Rishis were so deeply intelligent that they chose to express Divinity in terms of symbols rather than words, since words change over time, but symbols remain unchanged. Let us keep the deep symbolism in mind as we experience the omnipresent in the form of the elephant God, yet be fully aware that Ganesha is very much within us. This is the wisdom we should carry as we celebrate Ganesh Chaturti.

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