Nobody need specially wish me, "Happy Ganesh Chaturthi"! Well, I AM the happiest on this day. As it is, I adore Ganapati. In my opinion, Ganapati is not only a god, distant, different, difficult. He is one with us, a friend, a philosopher and a guide, to quote a phrase rather trite!
Yes, of all the gods, He is the most human(e) in my opinion. Forever He has a gentle smile playing around/on his lips. He is least bothered about how He looks. No body shaming for this god who is contentment incarnate. He is good at very many arts, and yet He chooses to be the scribe for "Mahabharata"! He is a smart thinker as the 'circumambulation' story proves.
I can go on and on and on reciting His greatness. Let it suffice for the time being to admit that even an amateur artist like me can draw Lord Ganesha, open to any and every abstract depiction. Every kid can make a clay Ganesha, right? He is that accessible to delineation.
No wonder, Lokmanya Tilak chose the ten- day-long Ganesh fest, a 'religious festival for political rallying'. In fact, looked at historically, He transcends the territorial bounds. With the traders, He, too, reached the entire expanse of South-East Asia, Nepal to Japan!
It was hence one of the loveliest moments for me to 'be' at the Mana village Ganesh temple where He supposedly wrote down the 'Mahabharata' Vyasa was dictating. Nearby the effervescent flow of Saraswati was making a huge noise, and hence apparently Vyasa ordered her to be quiet. A few meters away the river plunged in to a gorge, to be forever present and yet absent.
The holy becomes whole thus when related to Lord Ganesh, my favourite most God. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all!
Pratima@Each of his names shows how beneficient is this god of wisdom, of all initiation, and of all ends to all evils. Happy indeed to be with Him yet again!
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