Ganesh Chaturthi 2024: Mantras To Invoke Ganpati’s Blessings

Celebrating the deity who brings wisdom, prosperity, and good fortune, this year, the ten-day festival of Ganesh Chaturthi begins on September 7, 2024.

On this auspicious day, devotees prepare delicious food, with Modak being the highlight of all offerings, as Ganpati is believed to be a lover of Modak.

Devotees also spend the day fasting, chanting, and praying to Ganpati.

Here are some powerful mantras you can chant while performing rituals, or whether you’re at school, work, or travelling, to keep the festival's spirit alive and invoke the blessings of the deity who bestows wisdom.

Vakratunda Ganesha Mantra

Sanskrit translation: Shree Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha। Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

English translation: O Lord Ganesha of the curved trunk and massive body, whose splendour is equal to millions of Suns, please bless me so that I do not face any obstacles in my endeavours.

Ganesha Shubh Labh Mantra

Sanskrit translation: Om Shreem Gam Saubhagya Ganpataye। Varvarda Sarvajanma Mein Vashamanya Namah॥

English translation: We ask for good fortune, many blessings, and wishes for our current and future lives. We bow in Homage to Lord Ganesha who blesses us with long lives, health and happiness.

Ganesha Gayatri Mantra

Sanskrit translation: Om Ekadantaya Viddhamahe, Vakratundaya Dhimahi, Tanno Danti Prachodayat॥

English translation: We pray to the one with the single-tusked elephant tooth who is omnipresent. We meditate upon and pray for greater intellect to the Lord with the curved, elephant-shaped trunk. We bow before the one with the single-tusked elephant tooth to illuminate our minds with wisdom.

 Happy Ganesh Chaturthi !

(English translation credit: drikpanchang.com)