Source: www.hinduismtoday.com
KAUAI, HI, USA, September 11, 2010: Today Hindus all over the world celebrated one of Hinduism’s greatest festivals, honoring a God who is loved by all Hindus.
During Ganesha Chaturthi, a ten-day celebration that culminated today, elaborate puja ceremonies are held in Hindu temples around the world honoring Ganesha, the benevolent, elephant-faced Lord of Obstacles. In millions of home shrines, worship is also offered to a clay image of Ganesha that the family makes or obtains. At the end of ten days, Hindus join in a grand parade, called visarjana in Sanskrit, to a river, temple tank, lake or seashore, where His image is ceremonially immersed, symbolizing Ganesha’s merging into universal consciousness.
To know much more about the Remover of Obstacles and His festival, visit Hinduism Today’s festivals page here and download a pdf file. It is a full article that you can take to your local newspaper and ask them to reprint. Festivals are a great occasion to inform your neighbors about Hinduism.