Chk out this year's Ganesha, handcrafted from the "self hardening clay" from Michaels Artstore. Found a picture over the net and used the idea to try out a different pose. This year, there are pictures in the newspaper about "Spiderman Ganpati", "6-pack Ganpati" etc. This is not as dramatic as some of those all right.
Did toy with the idea of "Dhoni Ganpati"....executing a "helicopter shot"! May be, a different time!
Krishna (murli manohar) and Ganesh Chaturthi are of course connected. In many parts of the country, the story of Krishna and the episode of Syamantaka Mani is retold on this day. Krishna saw the moon on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi and had to pay for it with the allegation of having stolen the Symantaka gem. Even avataras are not spared of infamy and accusation. Of course, later, Krishna redeemed himself.
We may accidently see the moon on this day and suffer a similar fate. But listening to this story of Krishna is supposed to act as an antidote. The reader may be familiar with all this.
