We bring Him home with such care. We make such a display of our love and devotion for Him. We invest all our hopes and aspirations in Him. Yet when it comes to bidding goodbye to Him, this is all some of us manage to do, leaving Him to wonder if the people who worshipped Him were the same ones who sent Him away.
K.R. DINAKAR forwards a set of self-explanatory pictures of the immersion and after at Bombay’s Chowpatty beach. Pictures that make a strong case for smaller idols, painted with organic not plastic colours. Pictures that demand that we show greater concern for the lakes, ponds, rivers and seas that He has created for us.
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Happy Ganesh Chathurthi.
May the force of the four-armed one be with you all through the year ahead. And may you meet peace, happiness, and success every step of the way.
an excellent picstory.
Mr. Dinakar, are these photographs taken last year?
For a machine it is immaterial whether it is a God or a dog or a wall. The people who operate should have the judging capacity. It may not be out of context to say that many of the wedding invitations carry the images of gods and many a times we see them being thrown into gutters and other places. Why can’t we do something in this direction? It is timely that this picstory has come up in the Churumuri. Thanks for it.
What about those tiles of god/goddess fixed on the walls in by lanes, so that people won’t relieve their bladders !
@Sughosh, does it matter?
Not at all the right practice. Devotees should confine to small Sri Ganeshas and give Him a respectful good bye. Community pandals should come up with new ideas of creating Ganeshas that need no immersion, viz., Ganesha from coloured lights, lazer show (if affordable), fruits/ flowers/ vegetables (which could be consumed later).
Good suggestion Arun. It’s high time we looked for eco-friendly Ganesha alternatives
I agree with Arun. I think people have forgotten the reason and the true feeling behind celebrating Ganesh Utsav, especially community pandals. Bal Gangadhar Tilak had started this to bring people together & build togetherness which was required for freedom fighting, and now what happens everywhere is just not acceptable. People do come together now too but only for drinks & cards. Very sad!