One of the highlights of my stay in this college has been the celebration of Ganesh Chathurti.We,students from Maharashtra and neighbouring states organize the celebrations for this fabulous festival.Eight years rolling,it has now become a part of college tradition.We kept the idol from Sunday,and the visarjan(immersion of the idol)of the idol was done today,five days later.
Aarti was conducted twice a day and snacks were distributed in the evening.This time we provided snacks like poha,bhel poori and VADA PAV!Truly Marathi!
The day of the visarjan is a sweet culmination of the hard work put in throughout the week.We place the idol into a truck after aarti and the procession takes an entire round of the college.We dance and shout all the way,wearing a traditional orange band on the forehead.Crackers are burst,colours are thrown and the decibels keep rising .The atmosphere is electric.And the chants
Ganpati Bappa......Morya!
Managal Murti.....Morya!
Ek Do Teen Chaar.....Ganpati Ki Jay Jay Kaar!!
reverberate all around the college.For a brief period of time NIT Jalandhar turns into a mini-Mumbai!The idol is taken to the river Beas for immersion.The river is an hour from our college.A final aarti is done at the bank of the river, prior to the immersion .The immersion is a special event in itself,especially if you enter the water(which i always do),with the chanting reaching its peak.Four years on,i feel connected to the festival like never before.
I'll miss the way we've celebrated the festival in the last 3 years.Every small aspect of this amazing festival will remain in my heart... the hymns of the aarti,the beats of the dhol and a sore throat at the end of the last day...
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