Pathetic Procession
Lord Ganesh being the first worship God begins the festive
season of 10 days of fervor celebrated with great pomp and show across the globe
by Hindu communities. It was around 1893 , Bal Gangadhar Tilak , who nationalized
this festival with the motive to restore cultural balances and indomitable spirit
of Hinduism .The festival facilitated community participation and
involvement in the form of learned discourses, dance dramas, poetry recital,
musical concerts, debates, etc. It served as a meeting place for common people
of all castes and communities, at a time when all social and political
gatherings were forbidden by the British Empire for fear of conspiracies to be
hatched against them.
In 21st century the grim reality is that its purpose is defeated, now a days different samiti’s are engaging this festivals by collecting donation forcefully from all the nearby colonies, merchants so as to devolve receipts in to a making pandals, procession , Idol, decoration , etc.
In 21st century the grim reality is that its purpose is defeated, now a days different samiti’s are engaging this festivals by collecting donation forcefully from all the nearby colonies, merchants so as to devolve receipts in to a making pandals, procession , Idol, decoration , etc.
People taking procession in a pathetic manner, that funds are utilizing in
alcohols , Dj’s , playing placards in Pandals ,DJ’s playing the Item numbers
behind the Ganesh Idols , peoples are dancing under the influence of alcohol
creating chaos and chock a block in roads disturbing the society, waging the cultural
values thereby indulging in the vandalism and hooliganism.
The grave impact of the festival on the atmosphere is due to
the immersion of idols made of Plaster of Paris into various sources of water
including sea, lakes, rivers etc. It takes place on the last day of this
festival. With the contamination of water sources which affects the
environment, the floras and faunas are also hugely affected as lakes and rivers
are used by them for water sources.
The gravest impact is that they are not restoring the culture
but harming the cultural ingenuity.
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