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Ganesh Chaturthi 2024: Ganesh ji has arrived, at this time people will be seen making long queues in temples and pandals to have darshan of Bappa. We do have darshan but the most important thing that we do not pay attention to is ‘parikrama’.
The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is very special in Hinduism. It is celebrated as a festival for the entire 10 days along with the festival and then Bappa is immersed. This year Ganesh Chaturthi is starting from 7th September and Ganesh Visarjan will be done on 17th September.
During the 10-day Ganeshotsav, devotees visit and worship Bappa. For this, they visit all the pandals and temples. But usually we do not pay attention to the circumambulation of Ganesh ji, which is the most important.
In ancient Sanatan Dharma, doing parikrama is considered very important. When you go to see Ganpati, do not forget to do parikrama. But the question arises that how many parikramas should be done around Lord Ganesha. The answer to this is mentioned in the scriptures, let us look into the evidence of the scriptures.
According to “Bahvach Parishishtha” one should do one parikrama of Ganeshji-
‘One Vinayake Kuryat’
Meaning:- One should circumambulate Lord Vinayak once.
But according to “Granthantara”-
‘Tistrah Karya Vinayake ॥’
According to this saying, the option of three circumambulations is also respectable.
Narada Puran (first half chapter no. 13) also describes the practice of circumambulating three times –
‘Tisro Vinayaksyapi’
Meaning:- Lord Vinayak should be circumambulated three times.
If we observe, more emphasis has been given to three parikramas, because three parikramas have been described more often. If there is lack of time or three parikramas cannot be done due to some other reason, then one parikrama can also be done.
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