The Gowri Habba Festival is held one day before Ganesh Chaturthi. Here’s your guide for decorating a mandapa and preparing Bagina for the Gowri Habba Puja.
The festival of Gowri Habba honours the goddess Gowri, who is also referred to as Gauri and Parvati. Gowri is revered since she is believed to be Ganesha’s mother. Additionally, she is said to be the most powerful goddess of them all. Goddess Gowri is revered across India because of the belief that she bestows her followers with bravery, strength, and ferocity.
Families get together to observe and celebrate this auspicious event throughout the majority of Karnataka and the rest of South India. Mangala-Dravya is a festival when married women’s families celebrate their daughters by giving them gifts and money. Payasa, obbattu, bajji, holige, kosambari, etc., are just a few of the mouth-watering delicacies that are created and presented to the god and then afterwards distributed and shared as prasad among friends and family. The festivities continue into the next day, on Ganesh Chaturthi, in anticipation of the coming of Lord Ganesha.
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Gauri decoration ideas at home images
Asthis Pooja decoration
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An Asthis Pooja is to be done following the vrata in such a way that devotion and purity are maintained. Gowri is decked with decorative elements made out of cotton, flower garlands, and silk sarees, and the women who are participating in the vrata and pursuing the rituals of the vrata end up receiving a sacred thread with 16 knots or the ‘gauridaara,’ that is believed to carry the blessings of the goddess as part of the vrata. Gowri is also known as the “Goddess of Wealth.”
Mandap decoration
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On this day, a mandap that will be used for prayers would often include banana stems and mango leaves used as decorations. It is constructed around the idol, and the adornments that are used to beautify Gauri are composed of cotton, vastra (which may be translated as fabric or saree), flower garlands, and gauridaara, which is a holy thread that has 16 knots in it. As a symbol of the Gauri blessings, this thread is wrapped around their right wrists.
Jalaguri
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The women who celebrate this day will include eating Jalagauri or Arishinadagauri as a significant component of their festivities. They would often dress in newly fashioned traditional garb and construct symbolic idols of Gowri out of Haldi, also known as turmeric.
After the goddess’s statue has been installed on a plate and a grain (rice or wheat) has been placed inside of it, it is worshipped with a Puja ritual that encompasses the whole ceremony. If you are participating in the vrata, you are required to execute this pooja with “suchi,” which translates to “hygiene” or “cleanliness,” and “shraddha,” which means commitment.
Gauri pooja preparation tips
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- Assemble all the pooja ingredients like Haldi, Kumkum, Mantrakshate, Gejje Vastra.
- Make sure you have Rangoli, and if you don’t have the dry powder, you may use Kundan Rangoli, which is chalk and create patterns with that instead. If none of those options is accessible, you can always grab some printouts and use them instead.
- Be sure to have some camphor, Agarbathi, and cotton that has been soaked for the Mangalaruthi ritual.
- You should purchase some nuts, fruits, coconut, banana leaves, mango leaves, and betel leaves.
- Spend a lot of money on flowers.
- If you are going to execute the Panchamrutha abhisheka, you will need to purchase all of the necessary ingredients, including milk, yoghurt, honey, ghee, fruits, and coconut water.
FAQs:
What is offered to goddess Gauri during the festival?
Hindu married ladies are expected to wear a mangalsutra and a set of green bangles every day. Those who worship Goddess Gauri also give her a floral headband, or Veni in Marathi, to place on the back of her head. Goddess Gauri also receives garlands from her devoted followers.
What should I do at home during the Gauri pooja?
Fill a jar with water and add Akshathe coin, kumkum, and turmeric. Now, decorate the inner rim of the Kalasha with betel leaves and rub a coconut with Kumkum and turmeric onto the pot's mouth. Draw a rangoli prior to placing the Kalasha on a tray or dish and covering it with uncooked rice.
Can non-veg be eaten during Gauri Puja?
As part of the three-day-long rites, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods are presented to the god. Intriguingly, when both Ganesh and Gauri are welcomed, only Gauri is provided non-vegetarian food. Many families provide recipes for some of the goddess's favourite dishes.
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