Preparations for Ganesh festival in your apartment

Preparations for Ganesh Chaturthi are like the prologue before the main course of actions. This festival is celebrated for 10-13 days at continuum incorporating regular courses of different rituals. So take out little bit of time for preparation for this festival. It will help them to coordinate better whoever are planning to bring Ganeshji at home.

Let’s take a quick look at the quintessential details of Ganesh Chaturthi celebration for drafting a shipshape preparation for managing the entire process on easy sail.

Planning budget

This is the prime factor for the entire program. All arrangements are to be planned according to budget. In order to make a neat budget, you should include all details and requirements of this festival and accordingly form a budget. For safety sake never make on tight budget; that means, keep some relaxations in every account so that if necessary you can make internal adjustment to accommodate all your desired actions and plans.

Plan your Days: Timing & Number of days for Ganesh Festival

Ganesh Chaturthi festival is celebrated as birth Ceremony of Sidhdhidata Ganesh. It is assumed that Ganesha was born in ShuklaPakshainBhadrapada month. The number of celebrating days varies from region to region. Ganesh Puja is mostly done during Madhyahana (middle of the day) as we believe that Lord was born during this time. On 2013, Ganesh Chaturthi festival is scheduled on 9th September, Monday and Madhyahana puja  time (Madhyahana Kaal is equivalent to midday) has been scheduled from 11.10 am to 13.37 pm, comprising 2-hour 37-min duration.

Plan the Buys: Puja and Decoration items

Besides creating festive ambience, the decoration of Ganesh puja has two main parts: decorating Makhar, the asana where Ganesh idol is kept, and Rangoli. The Makhar is decorated with red and yellow flowers and lots of agarbathis and lamps are kept there to illuminate the puja place. Rangolis are made to welcome Lord at His place inside the house.
The requirement of Ganesh Puja includes: Idol of the God, Red and yellow flowers, 21 blades of durva-green grass, Laddu and modak, Coconut, Red Chandan paste and Agarbathi. After due cleansing of the house, you should place Ganeshji’s idol on the asana. Then you should sing Ganesh mantra and then perform arati with best devotion, clean mind, and sincerity. Therefore prior preparation for all these items is essential.

Offerings

There are some specific rules for offering in Ganesh puja. The list of offering for Ganesh puja includes,
21 blades of Durva
21 number of modaks
21 red and yellow flowers
A tilak on His forehead made with red sandalwood
Keep small pieces of coconut for the Musikraj, the vahana
Also you must offer Ganesh Mantra, [saluations] for paying your respect to Ganeshji

There is a religious significance of the 21 numbers: 21 signifies five organs of action, five basic elements, five cardinal airs [pranas], five organs of awareness, and the single mind.

Ganesh Chaturthi Naivedhyam or Prasadam

Offering Naivedhyam is a religious custom in Hindu puja; so we follow the custom for Ganesh Puja as well. On Ganesh Chaturthi, we offer Modak, laddu, Kudumulu, Undrallu and payasam as Naivedhyam and post puja we take them as prasadam.