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Delhi Ka Raja

A social board in New Delhi named SHRI GAYATRI NAVYUVAK MANDAL was founded in the year 1997 at 8th Block, Ramesh Nagar. In this Mandal, there is a small group of devotees celebrate every year Shri Ganesh Chaturthee with faith, fervor and enthusiasm. As the time passes, many other devotees are joining in this Mandal to make the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi the most religious event in West Delhi. Today, this mandal has now become an institution. This institution is running itself for the social welfare in general, underprivileged and downtrodden. When it comes to the feature of this institution, it offers regular free health checkup campaigns, eye checkup and free spectacles to the underprivileged and needy peoples. This has become the main feature for years. Every year, during the festive season of Shri Ganesh Chaturthi, there are other programs held in addition to Jhankis and Langars. The programs of Ganesh Chaturthi Yagyas, Bhajan-Kirtan, Mata Ki Chauki, Sunder Kand, drawing competition, fancy dress competition and even more programs organized every year along with Goddess Jhankis and Langars. These sponsoring of these programs are the specialties of this mandal. The main motive of these programs is for making the people to know their culture, rich tradition and let them know about social bonding and giving the message of brotherhood from India to the whole world. When it comes to the bhog offering of Lord Ganesha, the parshad of 1008 ladoos (Sahstra Moddak) and 56 bhog are cooked and offers to Lord Ganesha. From the last 7 years, the idol of Lord Ganesha is bought especially from Mumbai from one of the best sculptors of Asia. The idol is about the height of 6 to 7 feet which adorns the unmatched grace and divinity of god himself. The festival of Lord Ganesha, the Ganesh Chaturthi continuously runs for 11 days. In these 11 days, different types of programs held day by day with the well-known Bhajan Singers. On the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi, there is a long Shobha Yatra of Ganeshjee organizes and sponsors on behalf of committee of SHRI GAYATRI NAVYUVAK MANDAL all around in Ramesh Nagar. After completion of Shobha Yatra in Ramesh Nagar, there is the Pran Pratistha and Sthapna of the idol of Lord Ganeshjee with the great Mantras, Vidhis and Poojan by the Acharyas. Apart from celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi, the trust has also started the tree plantations in many areas of West Delhi in order to generate the awareness among the common public about the global warming and its adverse effects. In addition to SHRI GAYATRI NAVYUVAK MANDAL, they carry out their all the activities of social and public welfare with the motive of service only. This is the specialty of this trust that they never make any profit from their services. They are totally based on helping the needy citizens with their helping services. They also provide assistance of hospitalization to the needy peoples who have not enough funds for treatment and they also organize functions of marriage for poor girls and families.

GANESH CHATURTHI

Ganesh Chaturthi: the birthday of Lord Ganesha celebrates in India. Ganesh Chaturthi is the greatest Indian Hindu festival that observes first every year and it is celebrated by Hindus in India and also all around the world as the ceremony of Lord Ganesha. This is celebrated during the Hindu month of Bhadra i.e. mid August to mid September. This celebration is enjoyed mostly at the state of Maharashtra at a very high level. This lasts for 10 days and is going to an end on the day of Ananta Chaturdarshi. The life-like idols of Lord Ganesha made actually by clay 2-3 months before to the day of Ganesh Chaturdarshi. Ganesh Chaturthi is also known as ‘Vinayak Chaturthi’ or ‘Vinayaka Chaviti’. The height of the idol of Lord Ganeshjee varies from about 3/4th part of 1 inch to above 25 feet. How this festival celebrated every year? On the 1st day of this celebration, the idol of Lord Ganeshji is placed on the raised platform at homes or in the elaborately decorated tents for the public to view and pay their homage. The priest utters the mantras that invoke the life into the idol. This ritual of uttering of mantras by priest is known as ‘Pran Pratistha’ of Ganeshji. After the program of Pran Pratistha, the 16 ways of paying tribute follows named ‘shhodashopachara’. The coconuts, jaggery, the 21 modakas (rice floor preparated sweets) and 21 durvas blades (trefoil) and the red flowers are offered to Ganeshji. After offering to the idol of Lambodara Ganeshji, ablution of the idol is done with the paste of sandal which is known as rakta chandan. Throughout the birthday of Ganeshji, the Vedic hymns of Rig Veda and the Shirsha Upanishad of Ganpati Atharva are chanted. Ganesh stotra from the Narada Purana are also chanted. In short, throughout the 10 days of celebration that is from first day of Bhadrapad Chaturthi to the 10th day of Ananta Chaturthi, Ganesha is worshipped. On the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi, the Ganeshji Visarjan is organized by the public with the great procession that is joined by the program of dancing and singing into the streets. This is the greatest ritual see-off by the devotees to their lord. This is belief of the Indians that Ganeshji comes, stay 11 days of his birthday and take away all the misfortunes and worries of peoples. Everyone join in this final procession and shouts “Ganpati Bappa Moriya, Purchya Varshi Naukaria” which means “O Lord Ganesh, come back early next year”.