HAPPY GANESH UTSAV TO ALL

 

PUNE'S DAGADUSETH HALWAI GANPATI  


GANESH FESTIVAL reminds me of my childhood days in PUNE.  Close to my house there stayed an old man called Shri Wagh who had a passion towards making huge Ganesh murthis (idols).  He had a small workshop in front of our building.  He was the person who made the nearby people feel the fun of arrival of Ganesh festival.  The entire family members got on to their jobs.  

Shri Wagh had people under him to do various jobs.  He first prepared a rough sketch of the idol.  He had a basic summary of the first foundation to be done.  Wooden frames, stools, tables, rods, clay, drums filled with water plenty of brushes, colours, spray everything was kept ready for the moulding, casting and painting.  A wooden frame was made , a table was fixed on it.  A rod was fixed in the centre.  A dough was made by mixing clay in the required quantity of water.  The dough was split into parts,  Balls round and elongated were made in different sizes to give shape for the base, the body, the head, limbs, tusks, ears, eyes, crown. The foundation was done for all parts of the body .  These parts were joined, levelled and beautiful finishing given.    It was kept for days to dry up.  Then the final finishing was done.  The base coating was done.  It was kept to dry. The double body coating was done.  Everything really took time.  After that they had  the spraying work.  We were warned not to touch the idols as it was kept in the open ground.  We waited for the final painting.  The carved ornaments were painted beautifully,  Lastly the delicate eyes were painted with fine brush.  When the work was finished  people together lifted the idols shouting Ganpati Bapa Moriya and kept it inside the workshop.  The entire work had perfection.  It was amazing   People of all ages gathered in the ground to see how he works.  After coming back from school , the children used to go there and watch how carefully he makes the idols.  Now I feel it was a luck to get a chance to see all this.  Today I feel I really miss those days



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