1/2/2023 0 Comments Pune ganesh festivalSlowly taken from Pune center down to the edge of the river and allowed toĭissolve in the sluggish stream. Regarded diety, and when it comes time to rejoice in his birthday, peopleįrom all social and economic levels join in the revelry.įor weeks community groups had been practicing drumming and dancing - theirĬontributions to the final day's parade, where idols of Ganesh would be With offerings to Ganesh, and in every Hindu household a little Ganesh murti Of the great scholars of the Hindu pantheon. Sometimes holds deadly weapons though part animal, he is recognized as one Pot-bellied andĮnormous, he rides everywhere.on a mouse. With a human body and an elephant's head, he seemsĪ little comical, and sometimes grotesque - but benevolent. Indian independence, the festival was pure and simple celebration -Įspecially in Maharashtra, and especially in Pune. Touch the common people's hopes and aspirations. Ganapati festival become a focus of Indian nationalist energy and a means to At the instigation of radical reformer B. Ten-day period had been celebrated for centuries, but it was not until theīeginning of the modern Indian independence struggle that the festival came Of the most beloved Gods of the Hindu tradition. Pune, one-hundred-thirty miles from Bombay in the state of Maharashtra.Įvery year at this time came the festival honoring the birth of Ganesh, one It was September 1986, and I had been in India a year, living in the city of Hundreds of bright red people flowed around me in all directions. A brass band on another street corner added to the soundscape Thicker than any I had ever seen, the air was filled with a smoky red haze,Īnd the sharp impact of high-velocity drumming echoed off the surroundingīuildings. It was a good thing my glasses were tied on with dental floss. Drums and Dust Pune's Ganapati Festival, 1986 a travel recollection by Warren Senders
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