Abhimanyu Shakha - Schaumburg

Ganesha is the generous god of wisdom and Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated to worship Lord Ganesha. It’s one of the most colorful public festivals. It was started by Shivaji, the great Maratha ruler, to promote culture and nationalism, the festival was revived by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to spread the message of freedom struggle and to defy the British who had banned public assemblies. The festival gave the Indians a feeling of unity and revived their patriotic spirit and faith.

To continue this tradition, Abhimanyu Shakha organized Ganesh Puja by kids during our Shakha on Sunday Sep 14th. Around 30 kids and 30 adults assembled to perform Ganesh Puja. Most of these kids had made the Ganesh Murti on previous Sunday at our Shakha. All of them decorated and colored these Murtis for this Puja. They came prepared with Puja samagree and traditional Indian attire to join in the festivity.

Yogesh ji and Satish ji conducted Ganesh puja as laid out in the Ganesh Puja Vidhi Booklet. Kids followed the Puja steps very keenly and performed it with utter devotion. Meaning of each Shloka was explained which helped kids as well as parents. Puja was followed with Prasadam. It was a great experience for all at Abhimanyu Shakha.

After the Puja, Ganesh Murti can be placed in the kid’s room as Ganesha is a symbol of knowledge and wisdom or you can perform the Visarjan by dipping the Murti in water and then bury it in your garden.

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