The year was 1290 . A crowd had gathered around a clearing, where broken down pillars marked the presence of an ancient temple, now long gone. A young boy, just 14 years old, leaned against one of those pillars, deep in thought. Then, he began speaking, and the crowd fell silent, listening to his every word. He spoke without any notes, translating the Bhagavat Gita, from Sanskrit, which only the pundits knew, to the language everyone in the village knew and spoke – a variety of Prakrit which developed into the Marathi language. Even as he spoke, one of the men in the audience realized how momentous this event was, and how important this composition would be. He began writing down the words the young boy spoke, and this composition was named by its author and composer, the Bhavartha Deepika – the enlightening meaning (of the Bhagavat Gita). Now, the ancient, holy text, was no longer restricted to the pundits, but accessible to all, understood easily by them, composed as it was, in their
Now that our own Ganesha has left, we have time to go and see a few more Ganeshas around us.... Here are a couple of interesting ones we came across....
This one was Krishna-style, with a flute and Gopis in attendance.....
This one scored for its unusual design and the decorations....
We were welcomed by turkeys and ducks....
Here is how it looked .... those gazebo like structures are where the birds and tortoises were placed... the fountains were a great touch!
This one was Krishna-style, with a flute and Gopis in attendance.....
This one was simple, sort of like the Dagdu Sheth Ganpati in Pune...
but we liked its trunk and have decided to try and make one like this next year!!This one scored for its unusual design and the decorations....
I clicked quite a lot of pics of this Ganpati....under the different effects of the lighting...
The Chinese theme drew quite a crowd here....the kids loved those cut outs....
while I loved the lanterns...
We were welcomed by turkeys and ducks....
and the last exhibits were a couple of tortoises.. these were the only eyesores in the entire display for the poor things had too little space to move in, and even Samhith felt that they should have at least given them a pond or something so that they would have been happier!
Here is how it looked .... those gazebo like structures are where the birds and tortoises were placed... the fountains were a great touch!
they look so lovely, mumbai comes alive during these 11 days...
ReplyDeleteOh Yes, Santosh! Mumbai does come alive... just wish i had more time to go and see more ganeshas!
ReplyDeleteNice series of photos.. Ganesh festival is catching up in other places too.. Chennai also had its share this time..
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed viewing these photos..!
Thanks Sridharan! yes, these days festivals are spreading all over the world! I even got a link to ganeshotsav in a temple in France!
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