Ganapati Visarjan – Facets
Kartikey Sehgal
The facets of Ganapati Visarjan. From ‘Langars’ to street dances to immersion.
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Kartikey Sehgal
The facets of Ganapati Visarjan. From ‘Langars’ to street dances to immersion.
Kartikey Sehgal
“I am talking about the poor people who are in touch with their country, their philosophy, Krishna and Ganapati; the people who told a model with half her chest exposed to cover it with a shawl so she could participate in the Ganapati festival freely. The ‘Slumdog’ variety wouldn’t do so; they would molest her”.
Are the men who celebrate Ganapati on the streets uncouth? Is there a system to civility?
Rich people dance at discos and other city spots that attract money. …
Kartikey Sehgal
It was while protecting his mother and home from outsiders that child Ganapati lost his head in a battle with his father Shiva. Subsequently, on Shiva’s orders, the head of the animal which lay with its head facing the the northern direction was fitted to Ganesh’s body. And Indians worship Ganapati as the protector of homes. As a person/God/with form/formless who binds the family. When we praise the family structure in India, we praise Ganesha. That is why Hindu homes establish his place …