9/1/2023 0 Comments Om namo namaha meaning![]() A fast is observed before worship during the day time (which is stated to enhance the name and fame of the worshipping individual) followed by feasting in the night as a part of the rituals. A special preparation made of til (sesame seeds) is offered to Ganesha and then distributed to the devotees as prasad for eating. It is later immersed in water on the fourth day after the festival. On the festival day, an image of Ganesha, in symbolic conical form is made out of turmeric or sindhoor powder or some times of cowdung and worshipped. It is a popular festival particularly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also celebrated in Goa held during the Shukla Paksha chaturthi day (fourth day of the bright fortnight or the waxing moon) in the month of Maagha (January/February) of every year.
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