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Sean Murthy
@smurthys@hachyderm.io
1 mese fa

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@smurthys/111087697644615075

Today is "Ganesha Chaturthi", the birthday of the Hindu god Ganesha. I wrote about it earlier. 👉

Today, in Udupi I attended a "Gana Homa" which is an offering into fire to invoke Ganesha to seek his blessings. (Gana ≈ gaNa; see the earlier post. Similarly, Homa ≈ hoama.)

Some pictures and videos from today's hoama. 👇

(there was also a feast but no pictures).

#india #photography #festival #ama #ritual

Sean Murthy
@smurthys@hachyderm.io
3 anni fa

Today is "Ganesha Chaturthi", a Hindu holiday observing the birth of Lord Ganesha, the Hindu god with the iconic elephant head. Best wishes to all who observe the day.

If you don't know and are interested, here is the myth behind why Ganesha is named so and has an elephant head: 🧵

[Attached picture courtesy my sister.]

A light brown clay figure of Ganesha decorated with garlands of yellow mums, some white mums around the shoulder, red roses above the white mums, and a red rose at the feet.

#india #culture #myth #mythology #tradition #hindu #ganesha #ganeshachaturthi

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Sean Murthy
1 mese fa Lingua dichiarata dall’autore: Inglese

An expert in gana homa was the main priest. (A very nice and an exceptionally tall man.) First order of business, he "swore" us in to be the main performers of the homa.

The proportion of fire and smoke changes throughout the ritual depending on what's being added to the fire pit. In these pictures, it's mostly fire, thanks to ghee.

*"Swearing in" is actually done through a process called "sankalpa".

A shirtless Hindu priest in green silk dhothi sits on the floor in front of a fire pit built by stacking red bricks. A small fire and some smoke is visible in the pit and the priest is adding something in to the pit. Items related to the ritual around the pit. Closeup of red and white flame coming out a fire pit. Dry coconut half shells at the top of the pit. Closeup of a rather high red and white flame coming out a fire pit. Quite a bit of white and gray smoke around the flame. Objects inside the pit are not discernible. A copper spoon used to add ghee to the pit is visible in someone's hand on screen left. Extreme closeup of a high red and white flame coming out a fire pit. White and gray smoke around the flame. Objects in the pit are not discernible.
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