How We Celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi Festival At Home During COVID!

2020 is the year when Corona struck the world. When travel got reduced to a meager mirage in the sandy deserts of time and space. People from all over the world, this year, got forcefully locked in the confines of the 4 walls of their home because of the pandemic. Not only people. But, also The Divine. One of the most important festivals of India, Ganesh Chaturthi wa…

Natural Colors of Ganesha: Corn Ganesha and Pencil Ganesha!

Soulie Saturday #19: Nature's Child (Eco Friendly Ganesha, Mumbai)

Dazzling in the lap of Nature, amid a forest of flowers and water sculpted in mud, and elements mild sits my friend, Eco Friendly Ganesha - a jolly little child. One look of his face, Thy picture in my sight and an echo in my heart – I am here, everything’s alright. ------------------------------------------------------------------- …

Ganesh Darshan At A Ganesh Murti Kala Kendra / Ganesha Idol Art Workshop In Mumbai

Can I click a picture of the Ganesha? My wandering eyes had just caught a Ganesha, sitting regally on a throne of swans beneath the wings of Goddess Saraswati, at the entrance of a Ganesh Murti Kala Kendra or Ganesha Idol Art Workshop, looking adoringly at me. I had to pop the question. Oh yes, please do – the man replied with a smile – there are many in…

Ganesh Chaturthi Mumbai Pandal Hopping: Day 5 | Eco Friendly Ganesha From the Mother's Kitchen!

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated, except by those whose feelings are withered by vitiated society. Holy, simple, and beautiful in its construction, it is the emblem of all we can imagine of fidelity and truth; is the blessed tie whose value we feel in the cradle, and whose loss we lament on…

Ganesh Visarjan: Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudchya Varshi Lavkarya!

There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.  ~ Mahatma Gandhi  27th September, Ganesh Visarjan:  Ananth Chaturdashi (last day of the 11 day Ganesh Chaturthi festival) >> The sun is fast dipping in the ocean of the sky; the enthusiasm fast rising among the sea of people.  Our beloved Ganesha is on His j…