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Ganesh Chaturthi Special

We are celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi on 19th of this month. Lord Ganesha-The Elephant God is one of my favorite. He is loved by children a lot. He is worshiped by children for success in education, business man for success in business, farmers for good crop before sowing. In fact He is worshiped before starting of any venture or auspicious occasion as he is the Lord who removes all obstacles and grants us success. His consorts are Sidhi (meaning accomplishment, success, perfection or spiritual power), Budhi (meaning Wisdom or intellect) and Riddhi (meaning prosperity). A man requires all these three things for a happy and peaceful life on this earth. So by worshiping Lord Ganesha one would get all these three things.

This is one festival, which I enjoy a lot since as a child. He is one God who is worshiped with 21 types of herbs which includes grass as well. He is one God who is like a child -easy to please with offering of a little jaggery, but blesses us with lots of good things. That is why He is one of my Favorite God. 

Well I am going to post some Rangolis for this special occasion in this and coming posts. 

Swastika is a symbol which denotes auspiciousness and is associated with Lord Ganesh. So I have used this symbol in my Rangoli.

19 dots three rows then 17, 15...till 3. Join as shown. This is very easy to draw. 

Watch out for my next posts too.......

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This is another simple design. 16 dots-2 rows, 14, 12....till 2. Join as shown.

This can be used for all poojas for placing the kalash or the idol or the God's photo. So try it for Ganesh Chaturthi.

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My previous posts on the subject are here:

http://summersofindia.blogspot.in/search/label/Threshold%20Art

Here is a picture of the doorway sent by Ranjana Shankar:

It looks quite old. The massive doorway, the fine carving on it prove that. It would be made of teak I think. It is really beautiful. 
I remember, that in my childhood I use to see such beautifully made doors, very huge and highly carved. The carvings could be that of Ganesha(elephant God), Lakshmi(Goddess of wealth), or elephants, peacocks etc. The most common  would be floral vines, lotuses etc.

The rich, landlords, or the business community would have their homes full of such beautiful doors,doorways, windows, cupboards, furniture and four poster beds.

Now a days except for the rich, one cannot afford such beautiful things.

Thank you Ranjana for sharing it with us. 

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