GANESH UTSAV

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Hindus across the world are observing the sacred period of Ganesh Chaturthi where they conduct festivals and rituals honoring the deity responsible for new beginnings and removing all obstacles.

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00:00Hindu processions with devotees in saffron colored attire and clay effigies

00:06of the Hindu deity Ganesha mark the end of an 11-day observance called Ganesh

00:12Chaturthi or Ganesh Utsav. Ganesh Utsav is a celebration which commenced in the

00:22small villages of India many many years ago as long as back as we can think of.

00:32The observance passed down through indentureship involves devotees going to

00:37rivers collecting material which they use to shape into a murti. It is a

00:43celebration where we worship the clay murti of Sri Ganesha the remover of

00:50obstacles and the one who gives us success, growth and prosperity. The effigy

00:57is painted and decorated. When the child is born and as it moves along to that

01:04point of death so many decorations and everything else is placed into the

01:11child's life just the same way as the Ganesh Utsav celebration. It is

01:17worshipped over the course of 11 days before it's taken back to the river and

01:22submerged. If we look at it very closely we would see that Ganesh Utsav is the

01:29journey of life. The journey of life your life my life and all life. Life

01:37commenced in that pool of water within the mother's womb and then again it ends

01:47and submerged back into the river or the ocean at the time of death. It is

01:55also believed that the root chakra the muladhara is a subtle abode of the Hindu

02:01deity. Oh he's at that gateway telling to us hey listen your time is limited and

02:10you are limited by time and space so it means you have limited time to live

02:16yourself. It's a journey of life your life.

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