The information provided below is in most probability never been heard of before by many.
During Ganesh Visarjan (immersion) this year, the clay or metal Murti of Lord Ganesh will be immersed in water (the ocean or river). This ritual is performed to signify the birth cycle of Lord Ganesha; just as he was created from clay/Earth by his mother Gauri devi, his symbolic murti (deity) is as well. The murti will be immersed in water so that Lord Ganesha may return to his home after his ‘stay’ at his devotees’ home or temple where the Ganesha Chaturthi rituals were conducted.
So let’s further delve into this subject matter. After the immersion, when it is said that the Lord returns to his home, is in actual fact the Lord withdraws himself into the deeper realms of this planet. Here in these approximately 15 days (one Paksha – a period of 15 Vedic days {Tithi}), Lord Ganesh meditates and rejuvenates the much depleted Earth’s energies. He especially recharges the 7 main chakra points on this planet (namely Mt. Shasta in California, Lake Titicaca Peru/Bolivia, Uluru, Ayers Rock in Australia, Mt. Kailash in the Himalayas, etc. – view the picture attached below). During the past year (since the final day of the previous year’s Pitar Paksha), the energies of the Earth have been slowly but surely being depleted. Due to Kali Yuga (the “Age of strife”, “discord”, “quarrel” or “contention”), every year it seems that the depletion of the Earth energies is occurring alarmingly more quickly than the previous year. This, of course, is cause for alarm.
So in this period of Pitar Paksha, due to Lord Ganesh being unavailable and in meditation to accept worship, Weddings, Katha and Jhanda, Sacred thread ceremonies, Moving into a house, and so forth, are avoided as much as possible. All these prayers need Lord Ganesh to be worshipped first before one can commence with that particular prayer.
It is rather interesting to note that in the daily Tarpan (water of libation) offerings, Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva’s and so forth Deity names are chanted but NO Ganesh water mantra offerings are chanted.
Once Pitar Paksha ends in South Africa this year, Lord Ganesh then returns to the surface of this planet to resume his duties as the chief remover of obstacles.
Now that the Earth planet is positively charged and rejuvenated by Lord Ganesh, when the sun rises in the morning of the first day of Navaratri this year, Mother Durga is welcomed into a positively charged planet, ready to accept Her devotees’ worship and prayers. Lord Ganesh cleared the stagnant energies in this planet for his mother whom he holds so dear to his heart. This is why so many devotees feel euphoria on the first morning and subsequent days during Navaratri – all thanks to Lord Ganesh, Mother Gauri’s son. Now maybe you may understand what an important and crucial role that Lord Ganesh plays in Sanatan Dharma.
All glories to our dearest Lord Ganesh.
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Jai Shree Ganesh-Gauridevi
Jai Varahi devi – Varahadeva
