Ganesh Chaturthi, or a ten-day festival, is a celebration or days of joy and happiness for Hindu devotees. People follow the rituals and spread joy and happiness for ten days since Ganesh Chaturthi is also marked as a celebration of unity and togetherness.

Many rituals are performed for the ten-day festival or celebration of Lord Ganesha’s birth; people also organise events and activities to add joy and happiness for Ganesh Chaturthi’s celebration. SmartPuja, the exclusive online puja service, helps devotees organise Ganesh Chaturthi with complete reverence and auspiciousness.

Birth of Lord Ganesha

Lord Ganesha is Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati’s younger son and Kartikeya’s younger brother. Several legends narrate the Lord Ganesha’s birth and history of Ganesh Chaturthi. As per scriptures, Lord Ganesha was created by Goddess Parvati’s body’s dirt to guard her during bathing in Lord Shiva’s absence. Since Lord Ganesha did not know Lord Shiva, he stopped the Lord when he returned. Lord Shiva severed his head during the fight, making Goddess Parvati enraged. 

Lord Shiva promised Lord Parvati to return Ganesha’s life and asked deities to search for a kid’s head. Since the elephant’s head was the only one facing north, it was fixed on Ganesha’s body. Ganesh Chaturthi is Lord Ganesha’s birth celebration, yet its origin and why the celebrations started Is unknown.

Event And Games Ideas For Ganesh Chaturthi

Devotees organise many events and activities to celebrate Lord Ganesha’s birth and mark the days of festivity with complete happiness and togetherness. Here are a few game ideas and events to organise for Ganesh Chaturthi:

Lentil Ganesha

You may gather a few different lentils, glue and cardboard and ask participants to create a picture of Lord Ganesha using different lentils. Adhesive can be applied on the cardboard to place lentils on it. Also, you can arrange for already drawn Ganesha on cardboard to let people put lentils on it.

Hunting Laddoo

Ladoo-shaped balls can be pasted on cardboard, and one laddoo between them must be placed to let participants hunt for it.

Draw and Color Lord Ganesha’s Picture

The participants can be given paper or sheets, pencils, and colours to let them draw and colour Lord Ganesha’s picture.

Clay Ganesha

Participants are given clay and water to create Lord Ganesha’s idol and decorate it with flowers, beads, etc.

You can also reward participants for the activities to add joy and fun to their creativity. It increases enthusiasm to participate in events and games for Ganesh Chaturthi.

Lord Ganesha Rangoli

Arrange rangoli powder of different colours and distribute it among participants to draw and create rangoli of Lord Ganesha.

Conclusion

Ganesha Chaturthi is Lord Ganesha’s birth celebration, a festival of joy and happiness observed across the Indian region. Many cultural activities, events, and games are conducted during the ten-day celebration.

SmartPuja helps people organise events, celebrations, and puja for Ganesh Chaturthi through their well-versed pandits. You may refer to the activities suggested in this post to add fun and excitement to your ten-day celebration of Ganesh Utsav or Ganesh Chaturthi. Celebrations for an elephant-headed deity or Lord Ganesha bring the devotees good fortune, prosperity, and joy.