🕉️ Ganesh Chaturthi fasting story

🌹 Importance of fasting

Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi is considered to be the appearance day of Lord Shri Ganesha.
By fasting and worshiping on this day -

👉 All obstacles are removed
👉 Wisdom, discretion and success are gained
👉 Happiness and prosperity come in life

Especially on this dayMoon darshan is considered prohibited.

📖 Vrat Katha (Moon Darshan Dosha Incident)

It is a story of ancient times.
The birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha was being celebrated on the day of Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi.

The gods worshiped Lord Ganesha ritually and offered him modaks, laddus etc.
Lord Ganesha was pleased and accepted everyone's offerings.

When he was going on his vehicle at night,
because his body was heavy, he fell down.

Seeing this, Chandradev laughed and started mocking him.

🌙 Curse of the Moon

Lord Ganesha became angry with this laughter of Chandradev and said -

👉 "O Moon! You have become proud of your appearance.
From today, whoever visits you on the day of Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi,
will be accused of false slander."

Saying this he cursed the moon.

🙏 Repentance of Chandradev

Chandradev became extremely sad after receiving the curse and started apologizing to Lord Ganesha.

The gods also prayed to Lord Ganesha to forgive the moon.

Then Lord Ganesha's anger subsided and he said -

👉 "My curse will not be completely eliminated,
but its effect will be reduced."

👉 “The person who worships me on this day and listens to the story,
will be saved from this fault.”

🔱 Sri Krishna incident

Once Lord Shri Krishna unknowingly saw the moon on the day of Chaturthi.
Due to this, hewas falsely accused of stealing the Syamantak gem.

Then, on the advice of the sages, he observed Ganesh Chaturthi fast and listened to the story,
due to which he was freed from that fault.

🪔 Method of worship

• Take bath in the morning and wear clean clothes

• Install the idol of Lord Ganesha

• Offer Durva, Modak, Laddus, red flowers

• Worship by lighting incense sticks

• Ganesha jee ki aarti karen

• Listen to the Vrat Katha

📿 Rules of fasting

• Keep fast throughout the day (can eat fruits)

• Do not see the moon

• Stay away from anger and negativity

• “om gan ganapataye namah” mantra ka japa karen

🌸 Fruits of fasting

• Protect from false accusations and blame

• All obstacles are removed

• Wisdom and success are attained

• Happiness and peace come in the family