Bringing Ganpati Home For The First Time? 5 Things To Know And 5 Easy Prasad Recipes To Try

It is a very special feeling to bring Ganpati Bappa home with you. For many families, it’s about celebrating a holiday and bringing happiness, peace, and hope into the house. If this is your first time welcoming Lord Ganesha, don’t worry; this guide is designed to make it easy, joyful, and simple. Here are five important things to remember when bringing Ganpati home, as well as five prasad recipes that are so easy that anyone can make them.

5 Things To Know Before Bringing Ganpati Home

1. Picking The Right Idol

Choosing your Ganpati idol is the most crucial step. Eco-friendly clay idols are becoming more and more popular because they are better for the environment. It’s always good to start with a smaller idol for the first year so that it’s easier to decorate and submerge later. 

2. Setting Up The Mandap

Your mandap doesn’t have to be grand; it just needs to reflect love and devotion. Just pick a table or a corner, cover it with a red or yellow cloth, and adorn it with lights, flowers, and a basic rangoli. The love with which you prepare the space is all that matters.

3. Understanding The Rituals

Every family celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi a little differently. You can decide whether you want to invite Bappa for 1.5 days, 5 days, or 10 days. While performing the morning and evening aartis, you can offer flowers, light diyas, offer flowers, and sing aartis.

4. Offerings For Ganpati

When you bring Ganpati home, offerings are an important part of the festival. Each day, you can offer fresh flowers, durva grass (Ganpati’s favourite), and of course, something sweet as prasad. Fruits, dry fruits, or simple sweets are just as special as elaborate recipes.

5. The Visarjan

Visarjan is undoubtedly the hardest part of the festival. But it’s not about sadness! It’s only about sending Bappa off with love and gratitude, with the promise that he will return next year. If you have a clay idol, you can do a small visarjan at home. Larger idols can be taken to community visarjan spots.

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5 Easy Prasad Recipes For Ganpati

These five recipes are simple, quick, and require very little effort.

1. Steamed Modaks

The most popular prasad for Ganesh Chaturthi! Modaks are dumplings made with rice flour and filled with jaggery and coconut. If making them from scratch feels difficult, you can simply buy them from your favourite mithai shop.

2. Coconut Laddoos

These laddoos are quick to prepare and taste heavenly. Simply get some coconut, condensed milk, and cardamom powder. Mix everything together, roll it into balls, and garnish with dry fruits or saffron strands.

3. Sooji Halwa

This prasad made with semolina, ghee, and sugar is simple but very satisfying. Since it’s easy to make and everyone’s favourite, it’s the go-to prasad for most people.

4. Peanut Chikki

This crunchy sweet is made by mixing roasted peanuts with melted jaggery. Once it cools, it hardens into a delicious brittle that kids and adults both enjoy.

5. Panchamrit

This sacred drink is made with just five ingredients: milk, curd, ghee, honey, and sugar. After it’s offered to Ganpati, it is distributed as prasad.

Bringing Ganpati home for the first time is not about how fancy your decoration looks; it’s about coming together with your family and celebrating the festival with love and devotion.

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