Chennai and Ganesh Chaturthi

Chennai and Ganesh Chaturthi

'Military Pillaiyar'- center.

Vinayaka Chaturthi was celebrated across Tamil Nadu on Monday with religious fervour as packs of devotees went to various Ganesha temples to offer special prayers. Ganesha is known by many names including Vinayaga and Pillaiyar. Devotees went to market places early in the morning to buy Vinayaga idols made of clay to perform 'puja' at their residences for Ganesha, believed to be the remover of obstacles and provider of knowledge.

               Idols of Lord Ganesha have been installed in many places across the state for people to offer prayers. They will be later immersed in water bodies including the Bay of BIn Chennai, police have identified designated spots for immersion of idols.

             

The ganesh statue made out of Conch at Kolathur.

              Pudupet, a place in Chennai had an idol of ganesha in the form of a military personnel. They even called it the ‘Military Pillayar’. The notable instance in this idol is that the roads leading to this statue had atleast eight to ten giant idols of Ganesha which was ultimately followed by ‘Military Pillaiyar’. Even though this can be accepted to a certain level, these types of activities cause traffic congestions as the roads in Pudupet are already small.

               Meanwhile, kolathur had its display of ganesh idol made up of conches. The speciality is that every year they build an idol of ganesha using different products. Last year they made it with watermelon.

              Rally of Ganesha’s idol happened at different parts of the city.