Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar » Food http://www.parrikar.com/blog Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth, Divinity, Beauty) Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:56:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ganesh Chaturthi Memories http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/08/22/ganesh-chathurthi-memories/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/08/22/ganesh-chathurthi-memories/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:03:35 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=456 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

This year the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi falls on August 23. The weight-challenged Mr. G is much loved and admired all over the country. In Goa, the celebration has traditionally symbolized a return to the roots with Goan Hindus repairing to their native villages across the state. Fun, fireworks and lots of delicious high calorie vegetarian food mark the occasion, for Mr. G is the biggest foodie around.

A few selections from the 2007 festivities at our place in Panjim follow.

Ganesha
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My nephew Yash and niece Saraswati doing aarti
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Traditional meal served on banana leaf
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Traditional sweets
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Ganapati Bappa prepares to leave
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Visarjan: Farewell to Mr. G at the Panjim docks by River Mandovi
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