Njani, nini naphi ukuyobhiyozela i-Ganesh Festival eNdiya
Lo mthendeleko oqaqambileyo uhlonipha ukuzalwa komninzi othandekayo wendlovukazi wamaHindu, iNkosi Ganesha, othanda ukuthanda ukukhupha izithintelo aze athathe inzuzo.
Uphi uGanesh Chaturthi?
Ngomhla ka-Agasti okanye ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, kuxhomekeke kumjikelezo wenyanga. Iwela ngosuku lwesine emva kwenyanga inyanga yesiHindu yeBhadrapada. Ngo-2018, uGanesh Chaturthi ungomhla kaSeptemba 13. Ubhiyozelwa kwiintsuku ezili-11 (ukuphela ngoSeptemba 23), kunye nomboniso omkhulu owenziwa ngomhla wokugqibela othiwa yi-Anant Chaturdasi ngosuku.
- Fumana ukuba nini i-Ganesh Chaturthi kwiminyaka ezayo.
Uphi na umkhosi?
Ininzi kwi-Maharashtra, iGoa, i- Tamil Nadu , i-Karnataka kunye ne-Andhra Pradesh. Enye yezona ndawo zilungele ukufumana umthendeleko kwisixeko saseMumbai. Imibhiyozo yenzeka ngendlela ekhethekileyo kwintempile yaseSiddhivinayak enqabileyo, ehlala kwingingqi esemaphandleni yasePradedevi, enikezelwa kwiNkosi Lord Ganesha. Inani elingenakulinganiswa labanikezeli batyelela itempile ukuba bahlanganyele emithandazweni baze bahlawulele uThixo kwixesha lomthendeleko. Ukongezelela, iingu-10,000 zeesithotyana zeNkosi yaseGanesh ziboniswa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kwisixeko.
Ugujwa njani?
Umthendeleko uqala ngokufakeka kwemimiselo emikhulu yeGanesha emakhaya nakwiipolumu, eziye zakhiwa ngokukhethekileyo kwaye zihlotshiswe kakuhle. Abaculi bafaka iinzame zenyanga ukuze benze izifanekiso.
Akunqatshelwe ukukhangela inyanga ngalobu busuku bokuqala njengendumiso ukuba inyanga yahleka iNkosi Lord Ganesha xa ewa esitokeni sakhe, i-rat. Kwi-Ananta Chaturdasi (usuku lokugqibela), iziqhotyoshelweyo zihamba ngezitrato, zihamba kunye nokucula kunye nokudansa, kwaye zize zifakwe emanzini okanye kwezinye izidumbu zamanzi.
E-Mumbai kuphela, izipapawu ezingaphezu kwama-150 000 zibhaptizwa ngonyaka!
Ziziphi izithethe ezenziwayo?
Ngesinye isiqhelo seNkosi uGanesh sifakwe, umkhosi wenziwa ukucela ubungcwele bakhe kulo mfanekiso. Esi siko sibizwa ngokuba yiPranapratishhtha Puja, ngexesha apho kuthethwa khona inani leemantras. Ukulandela oku kunqulo olukhethekileyo lwenziwa. Iminikelo yeesekese, iintyatyambo, irayisi, ikhonkco, ukuxhamla kunye neengqekembe zenziwa kuThixo. Isithotye sathanjiswa ngopompo olubomvu lwe-chandan. Imithandazo inikwe iNkosi iNkosi uGanesha imihla ngemihla ngexesha lomthendeleko. Iitempile ezinikezelwe eNkosini Ganesha nazo ziququzelele imicimbi ekhethekileyo kunye nemithandazo. Abo banomfanekiso waseGanesha endlini yabo baphatha kwaye bamkhathalele njengendwendwe ethandwa kakhulu.
Kutheni i-Ganesh Statues ifakwe eManzini ekupheleni kweMthendeleko?
AmaHindu anqula izithixo, okanye izithixo, zithixo zabo kuba zinika ifomu ebonakalayo ukuthandaza. Baye baqonda ukuba indalo ihlala yimeko yokutshintsha. Ifom ekugqibeleni inika ukungafani. Nangona kunjalo, amandla ahleliyo. Ukubhaptizwa kweemifanekiso eziselwandle, okanye ezinye izidumbu zamanzi, kunye nokutshatyalaliswa okulandelayo zikhumbuza le nkolelo.
Yintoni enokuyilindela ngexesha loMthendeleko
Umthendeleko ugujwa ngendlela kawonkewonke. Uluntu lwasekuhlaleni lukhuphisana omnye nomnye ukubeka umfanekiso ophezulu kunye noGanesha ongcono kunye nokubonisa. Lindela izitrato ezinabantu abaninzi, ezizaliswe ngabaxhamli, nabomculo abaninzi.