Making of Ganesha from Biligiri Family

This Sunday was our one of the most productive day.

To brief you, our forefathers were making Bigger Ganesha Idol and the same was taken out by procession by temple authorities of Shri. Chamarajeshwara Temple (Chamarajanagara, Near Mysore). Our great grand-father 'Late Manegar Gundappa' was working as 'Manegar' in Shri. Chamarajeshwara Temple before Independence Day used to make bigger Ganesha. That’s how our grandfather and my father learnt.

My grandfather ‘Late Venkataswamy’, got job in Agriculture dept. and later shifted to Animal Husbandry Dept. Because of that he moved out from Chamarajanagar, travelled in various parts of South Karnataka and lastly settled in Bangalore. But he maintained the legacy of making Ganesha. He used to prepare at least 20 Ganesha’s every year and was distributing to his cousins and friends.

The same legacy or passion carried by my father Shri. C.V. Lakshmana. He used to make four to five Ganesha’s every year and the same was distributing to Biligiri family members.

Now, we the next generation of Biligiri Family thought, we should carry the same legacy, what our forefathers were doing. As a first step, we all assembled at ‘Biligiri’, Malleshwaram, yesterday, 1^st August 2010 and started learning, how to make Ganesha.

It was perfect day. Our guru Shri. C.V. Lakshmana was eager to teach us. We the students, started our work at exactly 1pm and finished at 6.30pm.

We were getting lot of instructions/tips from Shri. C.V. Lakshmana while doing the work. Of course lot of encouragement from Rangappa, Murali, Shaylaja and Veena. Later joined by Shri. Kaushik.

What a great experience. I will be adding few photos which is self explanatory. Hope you will enjoy and join us next year for the making of Ganesha.

For you kind information. No mold used in the whole process.

Making Ganesha - Lalitha, Pramod, Priya and Suresh

Its Tea time - Have a break

Our guru - Shri. C.V. Lakshmana

Fine Tuning by our guru

Lalitha and Pramod

Suresh and Priya

Overall it was a satisfying day. Hope you all liked this!! Come back later with lot more ......after painting work....Bye for now.