Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights reserved
Ganesha Banda, Kayi Kadubu Tinda
Chikkerelbidda, Dodkerelleda!
“Ganesha came. He ate coconut (vegetables) and cooked round snacks (undrallu, kadubu)
He fell in the small lake and got up in the big lake!
Bangalore is gearing up slowly for Ganesha Habba (festival). When we were young, this is the song that children would yell while finally taking Ganesha for the immersion in Sankey Tank. Those were the days!!
Since this is the era of the loudspeaker religion, there will be movie songs played at a high volume wherever Ganesha is kept.
When we were children, we used to take Akshate (rice grains consecrated with turmeric) and go around the neighbourhood asking – “Ganesha Ittidira?” (Have you ‘kept’/installed ganesha?)
The goal was to see 100 (or x number) of Ganeshas, sprinkle some akshate on each Ganesha, do the sashtanga namaskara (salutation with all limbs touching the floor) and gladly eat the sweets and sugarcane offered by the lady of the house. Bangalore was a safe place then where kids could happily ring the doorbells of strangers.
Now kids come with receipt books to collect money for installing the community/area Ganeshas much before Ganesha chaturthi. They have to book the “Ganesha” , they tell me.
The streets are slowly lining up with Ganeshas and soon they will be everywhere. We usually pick an environment friendly mud Ganesha, that will dissolve in the rain in our garden., and do our shopping on the day before. Take a look at some pictures and enjoy!
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- Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights reserved
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- In anticipation of Krishna Ashtami
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- Ganesha with his father Siva
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