Ganesha Festival is celebrated during the August/September time of the year. Usually, we perform a vrata and prepare some traditional Ganesha festival recipes such as payasam, saaru, and kadubu.

For the vrata, this link provides the mantras+directions in audio format: http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Devotional/SriVarasiddhiVinayakaVrata/Track1.rm.

We suggest downloading the VideoLAN VLC player to play this file.

Menu:

The menu of items that are traditionally prepared is the following:

• Thatte Idli (plate idli)
• Payasam
• Two palyas (curries). EX: Carrot palya, Badanekaayi palya (Eggplant curry), potato, etc.
• Gojju
• 2 kosambari’s: Hesaru bele (moong dal) and kadale bele (channa dal) kosambari
• Saaru (rasam)
• Kalasida anna (mixed rice, e.g. vangibaath)
• Kadubu

For naivedyam for Ganesha, the following items are needed:

• Soaked whole channa
• Karagadabu or kolukattai or Avi Kadabu
• Chakli (murukku)
• Modaka

For Modaka mold, you can buy this particular one.

Shloka:

If you happened to look at the Chandra/Moon (Chandra Darshana) for remedy, please recite this shloka,

In Kannada

ಸಿಂಹ: ಪ್ರಸೇನಮವಧೀತ್ ಸಿಂಹೋ ಜಾಂಬವತಾ ಹತ: |

ಸುಕುಮಾರಕ ಮಾರೋದಿ: ತವಹ್ಯೇಷ ಸ್ಯಮಂತಕ: ||

In English

SIMHA PRASENA-MAVADHEETH SIMHO JAAMBA VATHH HATHAHA

SUKUMAARAKA MAARODHI THAVA HYESHA SYAMANTHAKAHA