Ganpati Visarjan and "Qurbani"

• We know that every year dates of Ganapati Puja and Eid-al-Adha or Bakri Eid clash.
• And that has been the reason for communal clashes over the past century or more.
• Because Muslims will want to "sacrifice animals" including sheep, goats, bulls and cows.
• And Hindus will object to cows being slaughtered.
• Each will be adamant.
• Then we have to realise why the Muslims sacrifice animals anyway.
• The idea behind this is preservation of life.
• Yes sacrifice of an animal is saving of a human life.
• It follows an old age story where Abraham (PBUH) was asked to sacrifice his son and I quote from Wikipedia "It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son, as an act of obedience to God's command. Before Abraham sacrificed his son, God provided a male goat to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this, an animal is sacrificed and divided into three parts: one third of the share is given to the poor and needy; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is retained by the family."
•  Thus the life of the son was saved and in exchange the people sacrifice an animal.
• This "willingness to sacrifice" is something adorable and that is what is called as "Qurbani"
• Now Hindus will also say they value life.
• And preservation of life is paramount to them.
• They will say we do not need to sacrifice anyone, not human not animal.
• What Hindus will say...
• We build an idol.
• That idol is of the son of God Shiva and Goddess Parvathi, Ganesh or Ganapati.
• Now we install him and pray to him and then we immerse him into a clean water body.
• Thus our God who is a son of one of the Supreme deities is sacrificed.
• So why do we need to show willingness to sacrifice our son like Abraham.
• And why do we sacrifice an animal and become non vegetarian.
• And that my friend is the achievement of Hindus that they are able to say look we have sacrificed our God, no need of Qurbani for us anymore.
• It is opposite ideas which have the same conclusion which is preservation of life.
• The way to go about it differs and that's it.

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Recently I saw a video through a Whatsapp forward and a ISCKON devotee was telling how ganesh Puja celebration is too wrong these days and he mentioned five reasons for the same as under:

1. The way Ganesh status are designed goes against the scriptures. Sometimes shown driving a scooter, holding a mobile or having tea with Narendra Modi (a mere human), it is a violation of the "Godly status" of Ganeshji.
2. Statues of Ganeshji are installed in makeshift tents which are in the road and exposed to sound and dust of traffic which is wrong.
3. Film music is played, DJ is employed, dance routines followed, loud firecrackers are burst which is not for "God" and against the scriptures.
4. During Visarjan (or immersion of statues) the statues are taken and dumped in open water bodies. Same statues which were prayed to for several days.
5. After Visarjan, the statues lie all around the beaches and elsewhere and have to be cleaned using bulldozers at certain places which is wrong. using bulldozer on god is just wrong.