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Ganpati Visarjan


Bappa-The emotion!

In India, festivals are the one thing that unites all castes, genders, races and classes. Festivals week is the true mirror to the saying ‘unity in diversity’. One of such festivals is Ganesh Chathurthi and that 10-day long festival, just came to an end this Sunday, marked by the grand festive day of Ganesh Visarjan. The scenario on the water ghats and roads during the Ganesh Visarjan day is truly the ethos of the emotion that Bappa is for these people. Ganpati Bappa is not just an idol, region or god for the people, it is an emotion. Ganesh Visarjan signifies the departure of the guest, Ganesh ji and is a goodbye so that he can visit their house again next year. It is said that lord Ganesh arrives to their devotees’ homes to spread positivity and then finally take away all their problems with him during his departure on visarjan day. Hence, Bappa’s immersion denotes to the immersion of people’s problems. Although, it sounds very delighting and amusing to just immerse your problems away, people are still captured with tears in their eyes. Astonishing to see that people are weeping for the departure of some soulless statue and fading away of problems. That is the catch! Bappa’s statue is not just a mere souls idol for them; it is the power of their faith in the god that creates the soul in the mud statue. It is ground wrecking and overwhelming to see that people get so attached to Bappa in these 10 days that they weep as much as a mother weeps during her daughter’s wedding. The sight of people on the visarjan day is eye opening. No matter male or female, the visarjan day is one day where no one stops anybody to dance like nones’s watching. No matter rich or poor, on the visarjan day, no-one goes empty handed; if you put your hand forward they, its is assured that you will get the Prasad. Visarjan day is the epitome of the power of faith, that makes people forget all their stereotypes and pre conceived notions and just celebrate with unity. How does a mere idol of Bappa does so much? There are thousands of people who lead their whole life with the sole motive of bringing a change in the society. Nonetheless, despite of there extensive efforts, they are not able to achieve what Bappa achieves in just ten days. Its truly miraculous to witness and observe how just faith brings such a change in human behaviour. If the power of faith keeps the people from discriminating, keeps them on the right path, then religion is not all bad. On the roads, even the irritated car driver does not hold himself back from shouting “Ganpatti Bappa Mourya!” Near the water bodies, you can see the people shedding tears almost enough to fill the water body itself. So is Bappa just an idol? No! He is indeed and emotion. 

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