#Indian Festivals

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So…one of my favourite headcanons is that the Potter family are Indian. (Those of you who’ve read my Grindeldore/Wolfstar dancer fic might recall that Fleamont Potter, James’ father and the UK Prime Minister, is Indian in that. Funnily enough, our real life Prime Minister is a British Indian Hindu who became PM last year. On Diwali. Yeah, that was an…interesting day in the family. Still not entirely sure how I feel about it.)

Anyway - here are some headcanons about James Potter being Indian, some of which are based around how I actually grew up. (Note: there will probably be more as I think of them!):

When Holi comes around, James wakes the others up by pelting them with coloured powder. He does it every year and every year they fall for it. They also pelt everyone with coloured powder throughout the holiday. It took weeks for the paint to be cleaned fully. (Some people suspected Dumbledore deliberately let it stay like that because he liked the colours.)

Sirius got really angry the first time he heard someone call James a Paki. He doesn’t know what it means, but he never wants to see that look on James’ face again. He absolutely lost it when James told him what it meant. (For those of you who don’t know what it means, it’s an incredibly racist slur towards south Asians; along similar lines of using the n-word to a black person. This is also why James gets so angry whenever anyone uses the word Mudblood - because he knows how that shit feels.)

Sirius helps James create magical rangoli patterns during Diwali. They also take over the kitchen for an evening trying to make Indian sweets. The results are mixed-looking, but they all taste good, and the house elves get some great new dishes.

Every time a festival falls on a full moon, they always celebrate a few days after so Remus can join in. (He hugely appreciates the sweets.)

James initially wasn’t thrilled that his Animagus form is a stag, since a deer is the form one of the bad guys took in the Ramayana when he triggered the events that led to Rama’s wife being kidnapped.

When James’ father died, he had a traditional Hindu funeral. Traditionally, the eldest son leads the proceedings, but when James broke down, Sirius stepped in to continue. In that moment, James loved Sirius more than he could put into words.

James also taught the Marauders some Hindi so they could talk privately, as well as some Indian magic.

James, Lily and Sirius actually go to india for their wedding outfits. Lily also has magical mendhi patterns done by James’ aunts and cousins. James also had to gently explain to Lily that wearing white is associated with funerals.

Petunia showed up to James and Lily’s wedding in a white dress to try and upstage the bride. She’s very confused to realise a) Lily is not wearing white, and b) a lot of James’ relatives are looking at her weirdly, because she’s wearing a funeral colour.

At James and Lily’s engagement party, James’ aunties kept trying to set Sirius up with their daughters and teasing him about getting married. They shut up when Sirius snogged Remus in front of everyone. James wasn’t even mad that his engagement was briefly upstaged.

James has a book of Indian tales and legends passed down from his father. He read them to Harry at bedtime. Lily would smile and watch from the doorway. He also taught his friends some classic Indian songs to sing to Harry.

Every year on Raksha Bandhan, James ties a rakhi on Sirius’ wrist and charms them so they’ll never come undone. One night, Sirius noticed the threads of one of them coming loose. That night was October 31st, 1981.

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Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival of India. India is a very vast country; people of many religions live here. People of religion now have a festival of their own. Like Diwali, Dussehra, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Teej, Ganesh Chaturthi etc. Here I will tell you about Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in the month of Bhadrapada. This festival is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Ganesh. The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi falls in the eighth or ninth month.

Ganesh Chaturthi is a famous festival of Hindus which is celebrated from different parts of India. It has great importance in Maharashtra and Karnataka or say that it is celebrated with great pomp here. Lord Ganesha was born on this day Hindus worship Lord Ganesha In every auspicious and auspicious work; the first Ganesha is worshipped.

on Ganesh Chaturthi. By the grace of Ganesha huge talent of Lord Ganesha is established in many prominent places, this statue is worshipped for 10 days, the troubles and troubles on the family are removed. A large number of people living nearby come to visit the school, after 9 days, the talent of Ganesha is immersed in any river or ocean water with songs and hawks. Ganesha is also known as Lambodar.

how to bring Ganesh idol on own home

During Ganesh Chaturthi, bringing Lord Ganesha into your home is a beloved tradition that requires several crucial steps. In order to respect environmental concerns, you should first choose a suitable idol of Lord Ganesha, preferably made of eco-friendly clay. Make sure your home is clean and sanctified before bringing the idol inside, paying special attention to the area where it will be placed.

Establish a beautifully adorned altar or platform for Lord Ganesha on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi. For the forthcoming puja, arrange flowers, lamps, and incense on a clean cloth or decorative piece that serves as a base. Bring the idol home while chanting mantras or singing devotional songs and do it with a pure and happy heart. 

After the idol is in place, carry out a brief ceremony known as Pran Pratishtha to invoke Lord Ganesha’s divine presence. This can be accomplished by doing Aarti, arranging flowers, and lighting incense. Give Ganesha his favorite candies, such as fruits, Ladoo, and Modak.

Throughout the festival, worship Ganesha every day with fervor. Following the designated days of worship (typically 1, 5, 7, or 10 days), honor Lord Ganesha’s return to his celestial abode by joyfully and respectfully immersing the idol in water as part of the Visarjan ritual. 

How to Establishment of Ganesh sculpture on Ganesh Chaturthi

It is considered auspicious to place the idol of Lord Ganesha in the north or east direction of the house. In which the statue has Ganesha in a sitting posture and the trunk tilted towards the left is considered very auspicious. It is believed that bringing home such a statue of Ganapati brings peace along with happiness and prosperity in the house.

Before installing the idol of Ganesh, a yellow or red cloth should be laid on a small post, once the statue is installed, do not remove it from there. And shake the idol only at the time of immersion, do not consume any tamasic food after the arrival of Ganpati Bappa in the house nor make such dishes in the house.

Easy way to worship Ganesha

Ganesha is worshipped methodically. In which different types of mantras are chanted and rituals are performed. Whenever worship is done in the India, Ganesha is first invoked. After which flowers, sandalwood, incense, lamp, Naivedhya etc. are offered to them.

21 Modak are offered to Ganesha during the puja, it is believed that Ganesha likes modaks more. After this, the whole family members together perform the aarti of Ganesh lord.

Devotees should first take a good bath and wear healthy clothes.

Before installing the idol of Ganesh be sure to sprinkle Ganga water.

The pooja room should be cleaned well before installing the idol of Lord Ganesha.

Tilak on Ganpati Bappa’s forehead with yellow sandalwood.

How Ganesh Chaturthi festival is celebrated-

Before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, people clean their houses and decorate the puja places. Shopkeepers are very busy in the market as there is a lot of demand for the idol of Ganesh lord these days. Women make a variety of dishes at home, out of which Modak is the main one. Modak is a kind of laddu made from rice flour which contains coconut and jaggery.

The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout India, on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, people bring Ganesha to their home and worship him with law. They immerse Ganesha after keeping it at their home for 10 days, earlier this festival was celebrated only in Maharashtra and some parts of these but now it is being celebrated all over India.

Ganesh Chaturthi was started during the reign of King Maratha Shivaji in 16 centuries. Ganesh Chaturthi got recognition as a major festival in the 19th century. There were many efforts of Lokmanya Tilak behind this. Those who are known as freedom fighters. In today’s time, the trend of eco-friendly Ganesha idol is increasing very fast.

Religious Significance of Ganesh Chaturthi

The birth of Lord Ganesha is a wonderful event. Mata Parvati created Lord Ganesha with the udder of her body and made him stand as a gatekeeper for his protection. When Lord Shiva returned home and wanted to enter the house, Ganesha stopped him, due to which Shiva got angry and separated his neck from the torso.

Seeing all this, Parvati was very sad, seeing her sorrow, Lord Shiva put the head of Ganesha’s head elephant. And revived Ganesha or Ganesh is called Vignaharta, and he is worshiped first.

Visarjan of Ganesha

Ganesh is immersed on Anant Chaturdashi. People take out a procession of Ganpati idol accompanied by drums, songs, bandwagons. The idol of Ganesha is immersed in a river or pond

Conclusion

Celebrated with vigor across all religions and cultures, Ganesh Chaturthi is a celebration of community spirit, unity, and devotion. As a celebration dedicated to Lord Ganesha, the one who removes obstacles, it has profound religious meaning in Hinduism. The rites represent the cyclical nature of life—birth, celebration, and dissolution—from the ceremonial placement of Ganesha idols to their immersion.

The festival, which was first made popular by Bal Gangadhar Tilak to promote harmony during India’s independence movement, has grown to become a huge cultural phenomenon. Ganesh Chaturthi today unites people from all walks of life to commemorate not only the deity’s devotion but also common ideals of harmony and solidarity.