Subject: Thursday, August 24 - Ganesh Chaturthi
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Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations Thursday, August 24th, 2017
 Please bring the ICCT Ganesh Murti back for Nimajjan/Visarjan into ICCT lake on August 26th (Ganesh Nimajjan - 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM) Ganesh / Vinayaka Chaturthi is the festival that reveres God Ganesha and celebrates his birthday. A ten-day festival, it starts on the fourth day of Bhadrapada month, which typically falls in Gregorian months of August or September. The festival is marked with installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary stage). Observations include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts such as Ganapati Upanishad, prayers and vrata (fasting). Offerings and prasada from the daily prayers, that is distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modaka believed to be a favorite of the elephant-headed deity. The festival ends on the tenth day after start, wherein the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in nearby water body such as a river or ocean, thereafter the clay idol dissolves and Ganesha is believed to return to Mount Kailasha to Parvati and Shiva. SCHEDULE
ICCT is excited to announce affordable Ganesh Chaturthi and Nimajjan sponsorship packages with great benefits to individuals and families. Click here to sponsor for one of the packages displayed below -  All are welcome to participate and receive blessings of Lord Ganesha. |
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