Science behind Ganesh Chaturthi - Why do we celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi
After the Ganesh Chathurthi celebration, we dissolve Lord Ganesha's statue in water bodies. And this practice has a scientific significance. Let us see about this in detail. Ganesh Chaturthi is a grand festival celebrated in all parts of India. During this festival, we buy lord Ganesha's statue, worship him and then dissolve him in the water bodies. Commonly Ganesh Chathurthi falls by August and September. This is the pre-monsoon period. Monsoon starts in October. Monsoon season puts forth a high risk of waterborne disease spread. To prevent this our ancestors used 21 herbs to worship lord Ganesha and then dissolved lord Ganesha's statues together with all those 21 herbs. These 21 herbs have high antimicrobial properties and other relative properties which help in preventing waterborne disease spread from our nearby water bodies. This plays a major role in disease control. And the other scientific reason is Lord Ganesha's statue those days were done with Clay sand. G