Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the festivals that is celebrated in the whole country with full enthusiasm and devotion. But this festival has a history behind it which is surprisingly related to our independence fight. The person behind this is none other than the well known freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak.
We owe the mass
celebration of the Ganesh festival only to Tilak. He was a guru to Savarkar and
hundreds of Nationalists and thousands of Indians. He had set up the
platform for Gandhiji’s leadership. Although Gandhi accepted Gokhale as his
mentor, in practice, he adopted all of Tilak’s ideas of Swadeshi and Social Reform.
In 1920, when Tilak passed away, 200,000 mourners assembled on Choupati beach in Bombay to mark the solemn event. “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it” were the fiery words of Tilak which roused a sleeping nation to action.Seeing the dedication Tilak had, to motivate people, many other freedom fighters came along with him and supported him in his grand plan. Tilak knew that the only thing that could bring Indians together against all discrimination in terms of color, cast and religion, was spirituality.
In 1920, when Tilak passed away, 200,000 mourners assembled on Choupati beach in Bombay to mark the solemn event. “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it” were the fiery words of Tilak which roused a sleeping nation to action.Seeing the dedication Tilak had, to motivate people, many other freedom fighters came along with him and supported him in his grand plan. Tilak knew that the only thing that could bring Indians together against all discrimination in terms of color, cast and religion, was spirituality.
Having so many
religions and different castes, it was the devotion for God that was common to
every Indian and hence Bal Gangadhar Ttilak used it as a weapon. He made
everyone aware that Britishers were trying to divide and rule the country and we
should not give in and be strong.
So he used
Ganesh Chaturthi as one of the mediums to integrate the people. They used to
meet every day in the temples and make plans against Britishers. Fortunately this
plan worked, and very soon Indians made their terms to fight against Britishers. In 1893, Ganesh chaturthi was celebrated for the first time in
India.
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