Published: Sep 17, 2015, 12:51 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 17, 2015, 03:25 PM (IST)
Sachin Tendulkar, like millions of residents of his home town Mumbai and elsewhere, joined in the celebrations of the highly anticipated festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. In a photo, taken in front of the idol of Lord Ganesh, he is seen with his entire family, including son Arjun and daughter Sara. Others in the cricketing fraternity also expressed their best wishes on the occasion on Twitter, including VVS Laxman, whose home town, Hyderabad, also has the festival high in popularity. Irfan Pathan, the left-arm Indian seamer and an all-rounder, wrote, ‘Happy Ganesh Chaturthi everyone. Have a good one’. RP Singh, the left-arm fast bowler from Uttar Pradesh, wished happy Vishwakama Puja as well. Both festivals fell on the same day in the calendar. READ: Sachin Tendulkar hails Kerala Blasters FC as ‘incredible team’
Ganpati Bappa Morya! pic.twitter.com/KHUwRBuZbX
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 17, 2015
Wishing all of you Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. May The Lord Ganesha bring peace,happiness and prosperity to you all and your families. — VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) September 17, 2015
Go green and keep both Lord Ganesh and Mother Earth happy! Have a great Ganesh Chaturthi Challengers! #RCBGoGreen pic.twitter.com/w6XfNHL5vR — Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) September 17, 2015
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi every one. Have good one
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 17, 2015
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi Lions! #GanpatiBappaMorya pic.twitter.com/y8cg8JbMPU
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) September 17, 2015
Happy Ganesh chaturthi and vishwakarma pujas to all. pic.twitter.com/iR2XP4YjSs — R P Singh (@RpSingh99) September 17, 2015
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to every one Ganapati Bappa Mauriya pic.twitter.com/1PIHx0y3eP — Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) September 17, 2015
Bappa is coming #SabseBadaSuperstar #GaneshChaturthi #MI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 16, 2015
Happy Ganesha Chathurthi to all of you! I wish and pray that blessings may shower upon your lives.
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) September 17, 2015
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi !!
— zaheer khan (@ImZaheer) September 17, 2015
Wishing everyone celebrating a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar) September 17, 2015
The festival is as popular in Maharashtra as Durga Puja is in West Bengal and Pongal is in Tamil Nadu. It is said to be the birthday of Lord Ganesh, the elephant-faced Hindu god. The festival lasts for ten days, and is usually observed in the month of Bhadra in the community calendar. At the end of the event, the idol, pampered for the few days when the god is said to visit the homes of his worshippers, is taken with much pomp and submerged in a water body.
It is also known as Vinayak Chaturthi in some communities. The following month, other religious festivals of the Hindus follow: Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Diwali, Lakshmi Puja and Dussera. While Diwali and Dussera are universal festivals observed by most communities, the others are more regional.
