Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi, Auspicious New Beginnings
Every beginning starts with Shri Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. Recite the stotra with the sangat and take a sankalp card for the new beginning you are making.
Coming up · dates to be confirmed against the Panchang
For first-time visitors
What Ganesh Chaturthi means
Ganesh Chaturthi, or Vinayaka Chavithi, falls on the fourth day of the bright half of Bhadrapada. Families welcome Shri Ganesha with red hibiscus, durva grass and Modak (Sweet Dumpling Offering)Modak · Sweet Dumpling Offering A sweet dumpling filled with coconut and jaggery, offered to Shri Ganesha., and the festival can last up to ten days.
Shri Ganesha is honoured first at every undertaking as Vighnaharta, the remover of obstacles, and as the lord of wisdom. The greatest obstacle, the saints teach, is ignorance of our own true Self; the Guru removes it by revealing the Divine within. A Sankalp (Sacred Resolve)Sankalp · Sacred Resolve A heartfelt intention, made consciously and kept with discipline. made on this day is a promise to walk that path steadily.
Recite together
A prompter for the sangat
Coming soon from the sewadars. The prompter will show the Sankat Nashan Ganesha Stotra as soon as the text is entered on the festival desk from a verified printed source. We do not publish sacred texts from memory.
Meanwhile, the Bhakti lyrics library has verified stotras and aartis with the meaning of every word.
More festivals of the year
NavratriBeing celebrated now · dates to be confirmed
DussehraDates to be announced
DiwaliDates to be announced
Bhai DoojDates to be announced
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