|| Aum Shrim Hrim Klim Glaum Gam Ganapataye
vara varada sarva janamme vashamanaya svaha. ||
Shower Your blessings, O Ganesha.
I offer my ego as an oblation.
~ Ganesh Mantra.
Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations: Day 8 | Ganpati Pandal Darshan | Blessings Ganesha:
From small, to medium to BIG Ganeshas,
![Beautiful Ganesha, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai Beautiful Ganesha, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjedtnzEHyQ0sKydaYu2rsJh7wV06hfPehJUMSZYPWaK-yMP_tVboydH8_O25nwYpAY0KT8cNZrCVGimbb3RS0yML1cTsyPppZzND9GsquXuW9mqGpqeGcFtx5lvxe3L5PtlQU-pZBc0/s1600/Beautiful+Ganesha%252C+Ganesh+Pandal+Hopping%252C+Mumbai.jpg)
During the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi,
Ganesha, with His various avatars - shapes and sizes,
leaves His swarm of fans gaping in awe,
![Mouse with the modak, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai Mouse with the modak, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF6mcGUDUOjSXafFpIO8CWBrMHwbT5MUNXLBuVZNZkN-t54nJ81vDPKCW5zYu2U5RhdoY3Y7oHco5nAL4P6lJxdkz4TToLkSY3T9_o-IUkz4x8fIhaWD6Bnc_muu9CAXRZfwUeA6ILmU/s1600/Mouse+with+the+modak%252C+Ganesh+Pandal+Hopping%252C+Mumbai.jpg)
I am particularly enamoured by these bigger, giant, life-like Ganeshas -
![Garlanded Great Ganesha, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai Garlanded Great Ganesha, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZMKKk1YYUwYkI2U3B9FEJ-jDJ-vZcAhx8WoAUPWCxzao_F1coC-7MoitDRtsE2dhsOP4EfCzccPvKxM_3J5y6p3B8ErqnFo_i4FB05uLuinpYIQ9peoqGV8yTWjGuD-qaPiPK4n0_uI/s1600/Garlanded+Great+Ganesha%252C+Ganesh+Pandal+Hopping%252C+Mumbai.jpg)
He generally stays for the entire course of 11 festive days on earth
and proceeds for visarjan towards the end of the festival...
![Lighted festooned floral Ganesha, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai Lighted festooned floral Ganesha, Ganesh Pandal Hopping, Mumbai](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4dS_AP-q-GjZECbp_k9LdC2bpSYbgvQBc5Q-nQmpa9JMf32Hpn_KzZdy6Wbi874NxzGiy5R3CRMOMTZ_eJt_ZMdet4nKsUBeuxreMzAfU0GNWa-_3Wm7L0BIpSzyanmPVrZfV4t2Omc/s1600/Lighted+festooned+floral+Ganesha%252C+Ganesh+Pandal+Hopping%252C+Mumbai.jpg)
His giant life-like size, to me, is metaphorical –
I am down here - tiny and small,
He is up there - far and above.
And yet, He is never unreachable...
Standing beneath His majestic-al figure, hands folded and head lowered - the force that hits, that aura, the blessedness of that rare transcendental moment is simply stunning. It's a feeling, delicate but powerful.
A hallowed connection between the seen and the unseen, the earthly and the divine...
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PS.: This year, come along with me for Ganesh Pandal darshan from Mumbai on My Yatra Diary... visiting the very friendly Ganesha, peeping into one pandal each day.
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True words Arti. :-) Pranam to Ganesha manifested in all the forms. :)
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more awesome pics :)
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