A family tradition

by Prasana

In our culture we have a lot of festivals. My favorite festival is Ganesh Chathurthi. Every street (colony) is full of lights and big Ganesh idols. Everybody is participating in pooja and singing songs and taking delicious food that is called prasadams. For the10 days of this festival the streets are busy. After 10 days, that idol is dropped into the lake. In our home also we pray to the God. In my home town I think 100 idols are there. Every year we celebrated this festival. We enjoyed it a lot.


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