My Ganesh! My Responsibility!

Sparkling streets, embellishing roads and booming music is here, there and everywhere. Reverberating!!

Jai bolo Ganesh maharaj ki.....Jai!!

The city is all decked up and celebrating.  The spirits are up and high. Enthusiasm is pouring out. Creativity at the peaks!  WOW!  What a festival!

It just amazes me every time I think about energy this festival brings into the city. It’s always been much more than just a spiritual practice. Soooo many Artists are out there, sculpting these beautiful Idols of Ganesh. Each and every idol out on our roads today; is a showcase of art India is inherited with.  Oh my god! I live around so many creative heads. I wish if I imbibed a little.

Besides, have you witnessed the subtle message this festival is been giving?Elephant is animal and rest looks like human. But why are they attached? 

Well, here is relevance. Ganesh is an amalgamation of animal faced human. The elephant face is a representation of Prakruthi, nature.  And the human body is the shrusti, the humanly existence. This festival is a call of celebration for the coexistence of the nature and human form. We worship this form as a god to reemphasize on the interdependency and importance of nurturing nature. It is probably a message from our ancestors saying, “Hey, worship the nature. And celebrate this blessing. “

Beyond relishing the beauty of life existence, at this same very point we also should see our responsibility.  With great responsibilities comes great joy. Maybe this is where all the joy is coming from. We have been enjoying our previous gens responsibility.  Now it’s our turn. When we take the responsibility of safeguarding nature, our future gen gets to celebrate more of these festivals.

India is just blessed with the innumerable culture and traditions. Each of it has its own story to narrate and message to inspire.

Proud to be an Indian! I proudly vow to hold my responsibility in safeguarding its heritage. How about you?