Machi Flash:
Lord Ganesha runs away from the make-shift temple and drowns himself.
In a very strange incident Lord Ganesha (known as puLLayar among tamil girls), who was kept in a makeshift pandal at Madivala, Bangalore disappeared yesterday evening. Later the statue was found half drowned at Madivala tank. The committee organizers said that, Ganesha was highly uncomfortable right after the day of Vinayaga chaturthi when they started film music at the MST(MakeShiftTemple). MST organizers said, initially Lord Ganesha was amused when they played Michael Jackson’s ‘they don’t care about us’ song. They felt that Ganesha was conveying this message to all his followers, telling that Dravidar Kazhagam don’t care about us.
Later,it seems, the amusement expression turned to agony, when people started playing songs like ‘raakama kaiya thattu’, ‘kaadhal enbadha kaamam enbadha’. But then Lord Ganesha started shedding tears. Looking at the tears, crowds flocked to see him. And MST organizers played to the crowd saying ‘See, if we play Tamil item numbers Lord Ganesha cries’.
Yesterday was the D-day. After 2 weeks of this musical Ganpati festival, lord ganesha disappeared suddenly. MST organizers said the last song they played was ‘Dai. Kaiya vachikittu summa iruda’. The moment they played this song, Lord Ganesha disappeared. Moment this news spread, heavy security was deployed at other temples so that other Ganpatis doesn’t disappear and drown on their own. This is the story of south east Bangalore right now.
on 11 Sep 2006 at 5:05 pm # Shuba
Whoa whoa well written
Me in pune .. here too ganesha is immersed with great gaiety and songs like (believe it or not) “manmatha raasa” and “Aa ante amalapuram” besides playing “A Aa Aashiqui mein teri”
Here ganesha gets to hear all languages
on 11 Sep 2006 at 5:08 pm # Bindu
He he.. kekka comedya irukku. But I always had this doubt on Ganesha. Why is it that people drown him in the sea after all that celebration? One of my friends and her sister’s house is far far away from sea and still they make it a point to drown him in their well.
I dont understand this logic.
on 12 Sep 2006 at 12:25 pm # F e r r a r i
Shuba,
Ada paavingala!
Bindu,
Err. Its a tradition being followed for a long time. But then procession is not in tamil tradition!
on 13 Sep 2006 at 4:28 am # Rajesh
The original idea is to make the Ganesh statue in Rice Flour , pray and finallt immerse the idol in wells and ponds so that the fish gets food from the Rice Flour. Now that has become a fashion of immersing plastic ganesh in the sea which is nothing but pollution. INDIA is going in the wrong direction.
on 15 Sep 2006 at 6:39 am # Anonn
What I heard from local police was that the last song that was played before He drowned was that ‘karuvaa paiyaa…’. That wouls sure depress anybody.