Ganesh Chaturthi is a very significant and auspicious festival celebrated by Hindus all over the globe. This year, we celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi 2024 on Saturday, September 7, 2024. The festival is dedicated to Lord Ganesha. The festival is celebrated with a lot of joy, devotion, faith and enthusiasm. The 10-day festival is also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi. It marks the birth of Lord Ganesha. Lord Ganesha, is known to be the god of new beginnings, knowledge, wisdom and victory. During the festival, devotees visit temples to offer their prayers to Lord Ganesha. In addition, they also decorate their homes, have family gatherings, and participate in various pujas, rituals, and traditions. During Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees bring an idol of Lord Ganesh to their homes. The idol is kept at home for 10 days, after which it is immersed in a water body. The day on which devotees bid farewell to Lord Ganesha is also known as Anant Chaturdashi. The tradition of immersing Lord Ganesha’s idol into a water body is called ‘visarjan.’ But why is the idol immersed into a water body? Scroll below to learn more about this tradition. Ganesh Chaturthi 2024 Dates: When Is Ganeshotsav? Know Start and End Dates, Shubh Muhurat and Significance of the Auspicious Festival.

Ganesh Visarjan 2024 Date

This year, Ganesh Visarjan 2024 is on September 17, 2024.

Ganesh Visarjan 2024 Time

This year, the Muhurat for Anant Chaturdashi 2024 is as mentioned below.

Morning Muhurat - 9:11 AM to 1:47 PM

Afternoon Muhurat - 3:19 PM to 4:51 PM

Evening Muhurat - 7:51 PM to 9:19 PM

Night Muhurat - 10:47 PM to 3:12 AM on September 18.

Meaning of Ganesh Visarjan

For the uninitiated, the Ganesh Chaturthi festival every year ends with the tradition of visarjan. The tradition involves immersing Lord Ganesha’s idol into a water body. This tradition is done in order to commemorate the start of Lord Ganesha’s journey to his celestial and heavenly abode. The tradition of visarjan represents the cycle of birth and death. The visarjan celebrates this reality of life. In addition, the visarjan also symbolises change. It reminds us that nothing is constant in our lives, and the only constant in our life is change. Hence, the ritual serves as a reminder that everyone who exists and everyone who is born in this world will die one day. As a result, the visarjan custom depicts that everything everyone owns is fleeting and will be replaced sooner or later. Ganesh Chaturthi 2024 Celebrations: Here’s How You Can Celebrate Ganpati in an Eco-Friendly Way.

Furthermore, the basis for immersing the idol in water has a very significant meaning. Here, the ocean or the water body symbolises the limitless, or the infinite, which is God, whereas the idol being immersed in the water, depicts the soul seeking salvation. The immortal soul surrenders its mortal body in order to merge with the infinite. By performing the visarjan, devotees bid goodbye to the idol of God, but God’s presence remains in the form of essence or energy.

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