For Our Love for Ganesha- HomeLane Blog
In just a day from now shouts of ‘Ganapati Bappa Morya’ will rent the air with their fervent passion, and will continue to do so for a dozen days after. An ardent devotee of the genteel god if you are, the period of Ganesh Chaturthi would be your proverbial ‘Halcyon Days’. But even if you are not a die-hard fan of the festivity, it is hard – extremely hard – to deny his charm. Amidst the pantheon of Indian deities, Ganesha is probably the only one who has an innate boyish cheekiness. You will really be hard put to find faults with a God who loves his ‘modak’ more than anything.
If you haven’t figured it out yet, we are in love with our Ganesh. Reasons abound, but if we had to pick our favourite ones these below would be them!
Patron Saint Incarnate
Unlike Roman Catholicism, the Hindu pantheon has no place for tutelary spirits and patron saints. But if writers, poets, students, and anyone in the literary field had to pray to some deity on an important occasion they would most likely choose Ganesh over anyone else. Remember those days you wrote ‘Om Ganeshaya Namah’ on your exam