Ganpati Bappa Morya

Ganesha, Ganpati, lambodar, ekdanta, etc, etc
or Lalbaghcha raja ... dagdubhai seth.... (d richest Ganpati in mumbai...or maybe of India)

Dagdubhai Seth Ganpati

Oh! the cutest n adorable Elephant God is known by sooo many names all over India, & esp in Maharashtra n other konkani parts of over India on the fourth day of bhadrapad (or bhadon).

Ganesh Chaturthi - [thats tomorrow - Sep3, 2008] is celebrated as Ganpati ji's birthday.

Seeing the moon is strictly prohibited on Ganesh Chaturthi.
Here's the story

Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees on this day. The festival lasts 10 days, and ends with Lord Ganpati ji's visarjan on Anant Chaturdashi.
The awesome elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is widely worshipped as the supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune.

I wish I knew a bit of marathi and could actually understand whats sung in these fav-since childhood artis of Ganpatiji :)

Jai dev jai dev - This video has awesome pics of Ganesha, and visarjan...and even has spiderman-looking Ganesha towards the end :D


Then here's ganesh arti in Lata di's voice cutiepie dagdubhai seth I guess.... richest ganesha :)

Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai's Prabhadevi area if I remember correctly[umm... Mahalaxmi temple was near Mahalaxmi, or Haji Ali... so it must be Prabhadevi....].....[no camera's allowed there... but I managed to take a pic / two outside the temple :D]

Umm... there's Sukhkarta Dukharta Arti by Ravindra Sathe but couldn't find that..... plz do lemme know if you find more :)

An interesting site about the story, about modaks, etc : Indiasite_Ganesh_Chaturthi

Some videos of visarjan (commentary in Marathi)
Recipe to make the cute little sweet rice dumplings (Modaks)

10 auspicious days of celebration!

Happy Ganesha Chaturthi....:)
Ganapati Bappa Morya, Pucha Varshi Laukar ya!