Kanjani, nini futhi kuphi ukugubha umkhosi we-Ganesh e-India
Lo mkhosi omangalisayo uhlonipha ukuzalwa kwenkulunkulu othandekayo wezindlovukazi wamaHindu, iNkosi Ganesha, odume kakhulu ekukhulekeleni ikhono lakhe lokususa izithiyo futhi aletha inzuzo enhle.
Uphi uGanesh Chaturthi?
Ngenyanga ka-Agasti noma ekuqaleni kuka-Septhemba, kuye ngokuthi umjikelezo wenyanga. Iwa ngosuku lwesine emva kwenyanga entsha ngenyanga yesiHindu yaseBhadrapada. Ngo-2018, uGanesh Chaturthi ungomhla ka-Septhemba 13. Kugujwa izinsuku ezingu-11 (ukuphela ngoSeptemba 23), ngombono omkhulu kakhulu owenziwa ngosuku lokugcina okuthiwa i-Anant Chaturdasi ngosuku.
- Thola ukuthi nini uGanesh Chaturthi eminyakeni ezayo.
Uphi lapho kugujwa khona?
Ngokuyinhloko emazweni aseMaharashtra, eGoa, eTamil Nadu , e-Karnataka nase-Andhra Pradesh. Enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu ukubhekana nomkhosi usekudolobheni laseMumbai. Imikhosi yenzeka ngendlela ekhethekile ethempelini elikhulu laseSiddhivinayak, elisemaphandleni asePrabhadevi, azinikele eNkosini Ganesha. Inombolo engalingani yabazinikeli abavakashela ethempelini ukuze bahlanganyele emithandazweni futhi bahloniphe uNkulunkulu ngesikhathi somkhosi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izithombe eziba ngu-10 000 zeNkosi Ganesh ziboniswa ezindaweni ezahlukene edolobheni.
Ugujwa kanjani?
Umkhosi uqala ngokufakwa kwezimiso ezinkulu zeGanesha ezisezingeni eliphezulu emakhaya nasezinkundleni zemidlalo, ezakhiwe ngokukhethekile futhi zihlotshiswe kahle. Abaculi bafaka imizamo eminingi yokwenza lezi zithombe.
Kuvinjelwe ukubheka inyanga ngalolu busuku bokuqala njengendlovu lapho inyanga ihleka khona iNkosi Lord Ganesha ngesikhathi ewa emotweni yakhe, umlingo. Ku-Ananta Chaturdasi (usuku lokugcina), lezi zithombe zihamba emigwaqeni, zihambisana nokucula nokudansa okuningi, bese zibhapathizwa olwandle noma ezinye izidumbu zamanzi.
E-Mumbai kuphela, izithombe ezingaphezu kuka-150 000 zibhapathizwa ngonyaka!
Yimiphi imigomo eyenziwa?
Ngesinye isikhathi isithombe seNkosi uGanesh sifakwe, umkhosi wenziwa ukucela ukuba khona kwakhe okungcwele kulesi sithombe. Lo mkhuba ubizwa ngokuthi i-Pranapratishhtha Puja, lapho kukhulunywa khona ama-mantras amaningi. Ukulandela lokhu kukhonjelwa okhethekile. Ukunikezwa kwamaswidi, izimbali, ilayisi, ukhukhunathi, ukuhlambalaza nezindleko zenziwa kuNkulunkulu. Lesi sithombe sigcotshiwe ne-red kandan powder. Imithandazo inikezwa iNkosi Lord Ganesha nsuku zonke phakathi nomkhosi. Amathempeli azinikele eNkosini Ganesha futhi ahlele imicimbi ekhethekile kanye nemithandazo. Labo abanesithombe sikaGanesha endlini yabo baphatha futhi bayamnakekela njengesimenywa esimthandayo kakhulu.
Kungani amaGanesh Statues ajeziswa emanzini ekupheleni komkhosi?
AmaHindu akhulekela izithombe, noma izithixo, onkulunkulu bazo ngoba ubapha ifomu elibonakalayo ukuze bathandaze kuye. Bayaqaphela nokuthi indawo yonke isesimo sokushintsha njalo. Ifomu ekugcineni linikela ekungenasimo. Nokho, amandla asalokhu. Ukucwiliswa kwezithombe ezisolwandle, noma ezinye izidumbu zamanzi, nokubhujiswa okulandelayo kusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sale nkolelo.
Yini Ongayilindela Phakathi Nomkhosi
Umkhosi ugujwa ngendlela emphakathini. Imiphakathi yasendaweni yincintisana ngomunye nomunye ukubeka isithombe esikhulu kakhulu nescono kakhulu se-Ganesha nokubonisa. Lindela imigwaqo egcwele kakhulu, igcwele abazinikeli bezinkathazo, nomculo omningi.