Anantha Chaturdashi · Ganesh nimajjanam Festival The fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada, when the Ananta Padmanabha Vratam is kept for Vishnu as Ananta and a fourteen-knot thread is tied on the wrist.
The name
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- English
- Anantha Chaturdashi · Ganesh nimajjanam
- తెలుగు
- అనంత చతుర్దశి
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಅನಂತ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿ
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What the day is
The fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada, when the Ananta Padmanabha Vratam is kept for Vishnu as Ananta and a fourteen-knot thread is tied on the wrist. It is also the last day of the Ganesha festival, when the largest idols are taken through the streets to the water and immersed.
- Deity
- Ananta Padmanabha, Vishnu, Ganesha
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
Shukla Chaturdashi at sunrise; the vratam is done at midday and the nimajjanam procession goes on through the afternoon and night.
The fast
Those keeping the vratam fast until the puja and eat one meal after it, avoiding salt in the strict form. Fourteen kinds of fruit and fourteen rotis are offered.
Where the regions differ
The Ananta vratam is strongest in Andhra, Telangana and Maharashtra; the immersion is the public face of the day everywhere that keeps a ten-day Ganesha festival.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.