Ganesha Chaturthi is considered to be the day on which Lord Ganesha is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees. It is also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi in Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. It is also celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha. The festival is observed in the Hindu Calendar of Bhaadrapada, starting on the shukla chaturthi(fourth day of the waxing moon period).(SOURCE:WIKIPEDIA)
phew!!!i just can't imagine what would religious and pious Hindus like me do if not for Wikipedia!!i think when am rich enough am gonna be building a temple for wikipedia. anyways why am i talking or rather writing about ganesh chaturthi?hmmm!!!!one coz i had this urge to write about something and had no clue on what to write...and two actually write about something interesting rather than the usual gyan stuff one gets to read about the festival in terms of the food, the poojas, the history and a lot more details you will get to read always...i mean i would love to write about the food but am afraid i will forget to end the post and the mere thought of writing about delicious, mouth-watering, home made food might just help me to add on more weight... neways the intresting thingamajig am writing about is the adventure of a friend of mine whom you will all know as Mr. karnataka, and his two friends... but first we need to give them a title and to their adventure...hmmm, let's call it
the micromini adventures of Mr. Karnataka and his two musketeers (hmmm sounds good but i dunno if more stories will be published under this title, but i wanted to give it some dignity you know)
neways it so happens to be the day of ganesh chaturthi...everywhere in the city you see people shopping, the others enjoying their blessed weekday holiday and thanking god to have his birthday on a wednesday( this year), and a few others building mantaps and decorating the streets for the evening celebrations...usually the mantap is raised, giant like black chunks of electronic goods (normal people call it speakers) that blare the dhing chak music, lil spots of lights creating the image of ganesha but most often than not an incomplete one...you will have an obscure band performing and loads of people gathered (i.e. in the evenings)... i wonder do they assemble to pray or to enjoy the recreational activities you know...but hey we aren't being judgemental here...anyways this is about mr.karantaka and his adventure right?
so on this ganesh chaturthi that turned a lil wet towards evening coz of the light showers, the hero of the story mr.karnataka and his two musketeers decide to go to CMH road for a round of chats (aside: trust me that's the perfect plan ever to have existed to be executed post light showers)...as our boys are satiating their gustatory senses, there comes along a procession for the real hero of the day- lord ganesha... (aside:trust me the procession might seem brass and a lil crude for city breds but it is so not that way...if you take that one step and become a part of it you are bound to have loads and loads of fun)...now as the procession nears them mr. karnataka and co. decide to join them and they just enter...this is the most beautiful thing about india...i mean seriously formality is an unknown word to us and acceptance is totally a part of the culture...no wonder the boys got in easily...the boys are now in the midst of drunken men and the only thought in their heads at that very moment: 'F**K the World.' not a care in the world the new born prabhudevas (prabhudeva:one of india's most brilliant choreographers and dancers) join the group and start doing the thapankutthu (a regional street dance of south india) to beats of 'oooooooooooye.......tankanakaranakaranakara,' as reported by Mr. Karnataka himself...but this is the highlight of the show...here was a vision that am sure was as rare as an astronomical alignment that happens once every 250 years or so...amidst all the lungis (a long piece of fabric tied around the waists by indian men) and their banyaans (vests) we have three boys in shorts, tees and a jacket....this am sure would have earned any photographer an award...to show how india might actually be turning into a socialist economy (hmmm am sounding too intellectual there..trying to make sense of what i wrote actually)...but that's what makes this whole story beautiful (yuck!!!i have successfully made it sound like some fairytale)
neways this to me was one of the most interesting experiences one could have had on ganesh chaturti despite not celebrating the festival himself ;)...a regular chat evening turned into a micromini adventure...so much fun that mr.karnataka is gonna go back to the same road with no guarantees whether the procession will be on tomorrow or not, just to make sure he doesn't miss another opportunity of having jing chak fun...
but hey for all you out there who wanna have fun on a day such as this just follow the steps as given above and who knows you might be 'lucky' enough to bump into mr.karnataka himself!!!
;) below is ganesha or rather a modern ganesha himself dancing...enjoy maadi
phew!!!i just can't imagine what would religious and pious Hindus like me do if not for Wikipedia!!i think when am rich enough am gonna be building a temple for wikipedia. anyways why am i talking or rather writing about ganesh chaturthi?hmmm!!!!one coz i had this urge to write about something and had no clue on what to write...and two actually write about something interesting rather than the usual gyan stuff one gets to read about the festival in terms of the food, the poojas, the history and a lot more details you will get to read always...i mean i would love to write about the food but am afraid i will forget to end the post and the mere thought of writing about delicious, mouth-watering, home made food might just help me to add on more weight... neways the intresting thingamajig am writing about is the adventure of a friend of mine whom you will all know as Mr. karnataka, and his two friends... but first we need to give them a title and to their adventure...hmmm, let's call it
the micromini adventures of Mr. Karnataka and his two musketeers (hmmm sounds good but i dunno if more stories will be published under this title, but i wanted to give it some dignity you know)
neways it so happens to be the day of ganesh chaturthi...everywhere in the city you see people shopping, the others enjoying their blessed weekday holiday and thanking god to have his birthday on a wednesday( this year), and a few others building mantaps and decorating the streets for the evening celebrations...usually the mantap is raised, giant like black chunks of electronic goods (normal people call it speakers) that blare the dhing chak music, lil spots of lights creating the image of ganesha but most often than not an incomplete one...you will have an obscure band performing and loads of people gathered (i.e. in the evenings)... i wonder do they assemble to pray or to enjoy the recreational activities you know...but hey we aren't being judgemental here...anyways this is about mr.karantaka and his adventure right?
so on this ganesh chaturthi that turned a lil wet towards evening coz of the light showers, the hero of the story mr.karnataka and his two musketeers decide to go to CMH road for a round of chats (aside: trust me that's the perfect plan ever to have existed to be executed post light showers)...as our boys are satiating their gustatory senses, there comes along a procession for the real hero of the day- lord ganesha... (aside:trust me the procession might seem brass and a lil crude for city breds but it is so not that way...if you take that one step and become a part of it you are bound to have loads and loads of fun)...now as the procession nears them mr. karnataka and co. decide to join them and they just enter...this is the most beautiful thing about india...i mean seriously formality is an unknown word to us and acceptance is totally a part of the culture...no wonder the boys got in easily...the boys are now in the midst of drunken men and the only thought in their heads at that very moment: 'F**K the World.' not a care in the world the new born prabhudevas (prabhudeva:one of india's most brilliant choreographers and dancers) join the group and start doing the thapankutthu (a regional street dance of south india) to beats of 'oooooooooooye.......tankanakaranakaranakara,' as reported by Mr. Karnataka himself...but this is the highlight of the show...here was a vision that am sure was as rare as an astronomical alignment that happens once every 250 years or so...amidst all the lungis (a long piece of fabric tied around the waists by indian men) and their banyaans (vests) we have three boys in shorts, tees and a jacket....this am sure would have earned any photographer an award...to show how india might actually be turning into a socialist economy (hmmm am sounding too intellectual there..trying to make sense of what i wrote actually)...but that's what makes this whole story beautiful (yuck!!!i have successfully made it sound like some fairytale)
neways this to me was one of the most interesting experiences one could have had on ganesh chaturti despite not celebrating the festival himself ;)...a regular chat evening turned into a micromini adventure...so much fun that mr.karnataka is gonna go back to the same road with no guarantees whether the procession will be on tomorrow or not, just to make sure he doesn't miss another opportunity of having jing chak fun...
but hey for all you out there who wanna have fun on a day such as this just follow the steps as given above and who knows you might be 'lucky' enough to bump into mr.karnataka himself!!!
;) below is ganesha or rather a modern ganesha himself dancing...enjoy maadi
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Lukin forward to some more adventures from Mr. or Ms.Karnataka. Nice post....
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