Ganesh Chaturthi
Bhadrapada, bright fourth (August–September) · GaneshaThe birth of Ganesha: the clay image, days of worship and modaka, and the immersion (visarjan); rebuilt into a mass public festival in 1890s Maharashtra.
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- The Clay and the Harvest Treatise
Ganesh Chaturthi is his festival, and it has a particular and beautiful shape.
- What is Ganesh Chaturthi? Worship
This is the strange arithmetic of Ganesh Chaturthi: a deity built to be destroyed, welcomed in order to be sent away.
- Who is Ganesha? Deities
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- Who is Shiva? Deities
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