Reason to be part of Ganesh Festival in Pune

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• Origin of Ganesh Utsav

When it comes to celebrating Ganesh Festival, first names comes forward is 'Pune'. Lokmanya Tilak, an originator of festival started celebrating Ganesh Festival at Pune during freedom fight against British which ultimately become weapon to gather people and educate on importance of having freedom. It become landmark to city like Pune to get identity on global map while celebrating Ganesh festival at any corner of this world now.

• Traditional Celebration of Ganesh Festival

Unlike any other city, average size of Ganesh idol is small in Pune. Even Ganesh idols at pandal are comparatively small in size. Most of the pandals are part of Ganesh temple at nearby. Hence they prefer to use idol at temple during this festival season and host that same statue in the temple instead of immersion in the water. Collectively this unique tradition followed in Pune only.

• Dhol Taashe Pathak*

There is no comparison with Pune when it comes to  'Dhol Taahe Pathak'. Most of the pandal prefer 'Dhol Taashe Pathak' over Dolby, these 'Pathak' practice over months prior to Ganesh festival. It is shivering moment to watch hundreds of 'Dhol Taashe Pathak' bang the drum in one rhythm.

• Well organised immersion procession

Pune's Ganesh immersion procession is recognized for well organized despite of help of Police force, NGO and volunteers. Watching systematic procession of Ganesh immersion at Laxmi Road at full day light is truly magnificent experience. 

Photos and videos of Ganesh immersion procession at Laxmi Road, Pune

Hope, these reasons enable you to be part of Ganesh Festival this year at Pune

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* Dhol-Tashe Pathak - It is a group of people playing Dhol with equal rhythm

Anger: A vicious cycle

Since my childhood I heard the term 'Kutte ne kaata hai kya?' (meaning 'Have dog bitten you?') everywhere when people started with heated arguments or listen to disappointing comments from someone. I always thought how do dog bite make someone to behave weird or step down to arguments. The story here I am going to write make perfect sense to get real meaning of the phrase. Ultimately it explains how anger is part of vicious cycle.

One fine day, a person who hold key position, for say, a company owner, going to office early in the morning. A stray dog running side way attacked and bite the person without any reason. This incident in the morning itself made the person so angry. After reaching office, just to get away with anger, he called fellow reporting executive and explained him how yesterday's client meeting went wrong with extra anger (given by dog) which was so unexpected for the executive in the morning itself.

To take immediate action (on anger), an angry executive called project director in line to dumped all the anger he received from company boss. Now it's Project Director's turn to dump all the anger he received to his fellow team mates. In this way, till the end of the day, all the anger leverage from company's boss to team working at the bottom.

Now an employee, at bottom in the company hierarchy was so angry. While walking out of the office he found a peon cleaning the floor which made floor slippery. Taking this opportunity, a team member dumped his anger on the peon by arguing that he should clean office after office hours (he totally forgot that it's 24*7 working office). Now peon was in anger state, as he is last in the organization hierarchy, he only found his wife at home to dump all his anger. Till this anger passing from one person to another, a day was ended.

Another day, a wife of peon was in furious over clashes with husband last night. A wife who everyday prepare her kid for school was so angry that she slapped the kid and ask his to prepare on his own onward. A kid is not aware about weird behavior of mother but of course, it got angry as kid is human being too. While going to school, kid saw a stray dog, just take revenge of anger it has, kid took the stone and throw it towards dog, that same dog bite the boss in the morning.

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