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Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival I have started to love though its a festival we never celebrated at our house. My association with the Elephant God started after getting married.
Mil used to keep ganesha at home but past 4 years it was always like yes Ganesha is there, morning u say a few prayers eat some sweets the mil made and evening come back home and the Ganesha will be gone as she would have done the visargan the same day.
This time though because I was at home we decided to do it properly and the Ganapati handover to me officially happened 
my small ganpati at home, kept at height to save from Ojas as Abha says even God need protection from kids, I was so particular I wanted a Ganesha which had no paint on it and wanted the same gauri too, though I got the Ganesha but still didnt the Gauri like that inspite of searching for 5 hours and 15 shops in Bangalore.
With the diya lighted
5 days were spent in absolute joy, making various delicacies, til ladoos, the traditional rice and coconut filling modaks, motichor ladoos, pyasam, puran poli, sooji ka halwa, milk modak, malupua and then because we had run out of ideas I started innovating and made Apple-Cocunut Kheer, Rasgulla Kheer (simpler form of rasmalai)
Today evening I bid Ganpati Bappa goodbye today with a heavy heart and there were bucket full of tears while doing it, if u are thinking they were mine… naah they were Ojas he simply refused to let the elephant God go… “ganesha keep home” was repeated over and over again and after they were gone “Ganesha bring” happened for a loooong time. So there he learnt his first lesson in life. Goodbyes are always difficult.
Some pics of the colony Ganesha procession before visargan
Awww soo sweet.I know bidding farewells are tough,specially bidding farewells to Ganesha are even harder.but as they say in Marathi..Pudhchya varshi lavkar ya(come back soon,next year)..but so hard to explain to the little ones:(
yes Pudhchya varshi lavkar ya indeed but u are right in saying how does one explain it to the little ones
sigh welcome here trish
First!
did you and swaram gang up to name posts as “good-bye”?!!
Almost had a heart-attack seeing the title here as well!!
I can only say… Ganapati Bappa Morya! So nice of you folks going for paintless natural ganesha to stay environment friendly!
Hope everyone follows the same
thanks, I hope that too Mohan
He he I knew she ws talking abt the Visarjan
My turn 2mrw
I so miss Ganesha every year on the day!
hugs my dear, hope u didnt get too depressed
he he no u are not my dear, trish’s comment went for approval because it was the first comment
and he he dont get scared I dont think I can give this up soon
wow! Beautiful post!
Your Lord looks beautiful
the delicacies made me hungry!
yes. good-byes are always hard.
thanks pixie dear
The pics looks beautiful !! Good that you contributed little to the environment by getting “no paint” Ganesha ..Ganesha look lovely without artifical colours
I agree they look the prettiest without colors
Second…..
Ohhh its too early for him to understand how tough goodbyes are….
I hated goodbyes when I was a kid… as a matter of fact I still hate them sometime…
btw beautifully decorated ganesha…
I agree Prats me too still hate them….
Ganpati bappa morya. Pudhchya varshi laukar ya!
yes
here’s to another wonderful celebration next year
and wow! you made a lot of delicacies. However did you manage to not hog ?:P
dont even ask me it was a torture meira
Hey nice
I hate buying the one with colours too 
But I heard the eco-friendly ones are available @ a few places – nt sure hw much we cn trust them though
ya i heard that too, but couldnt find one at the last minute shopping i did
Nice pictures! So much warmth! Share some Ganpati recipes this Friday, Monix. Yummmmm…
thanks sols and on ur demand I did share… hope u liked them
Aww…..poor Ojas.
& Hey I love your Ganesha idol & the decorations.
& my my ……..so mnay sweets. How did u manage to keep your hnads off them? Or didn’t u?
Lovely, even I bring only no paint idol, how comne visarjan is on different days in different places?
Bidding good byes is always very difficult.
lovely! and Ojas fell in love with god too?! i can imagine. ganpati Bappa is like that!
like they say in Maharashtra when you go for the Visarjan “Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudhchya varshi lavkar yaa!” (come back sooner next year!:)
and how come you didnt have us over to taste all that yumm food you made! and errr… ofcos for the darshan! :p
cheers!
abha
Why so many different kinds of sweets Mon?
Such lovely pictures! I can imagine Ojas falling in love with god
So sweet of him to want to keep Ganesha back 
We don’t celebrate it – but reading yours and Swaram’s account of it – makes me want to do it too! Maybe once I gert back to bangalore, will ask you guys to guide me!
And the delicacies you have listed make me drool! What a variety!
We wil hv one superb get-to on that day Smithu! Celebrate n Njoy
So beautiful. Everything felt so nice and lovely.
And …soo many dishes…really i am feeling soo hungry now.
And Yes – I am proud of you (if your were able to keep yourself away from all those)
sweet kid
Beautiful idol! Ganpati Bappa Morya!
What lovely memories! And hugs to little Ojas! Goodbyes are indeed difficult…tell him there’s this old aunty who always feels the same during the visarjan after Durga Puja!
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