Ganesh Chaturthi: Why Not To See Moon On This Day? Story Behind The Belief

Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated across India on Saturday. This festival dedicated to Lord Ganesha who is known as the God of wisdom, is widely celebrated in India and worldwide. Indonesia, an Asian country whose majority of the population follows Islam, celebrates this day with fervour and gusto. Their currency notes also consist of pictures of Lord Ganesha.

Forms of Bappa

Similarly, countries like Sri Lanka, Thailand and Japan worship him in different forms. In Sri Lanka he is called Pillyar, in Thailand, he is Phra Pikanet and in Japan, he is worshipped as Kangiten. All these forms are very similar to the God whom Indians know as Ganesha.

Dosha if one sees the moon

There's a religious belief around the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturthi which is not-so-auspicious for the strong believers. It is said that one shouldn't look at the moon on this day. Seeing the moon on Ganesh Chaturthi brings bad luck as per the stories. If mythology is to be believed, it impacts the person with a dosha following which one gets trapped in wrong and fake allegations in life and keeps getting in soup one after the other.

Behind the belief

The mythological story behind this saying is about Lord Ganesha himself and the moon. As per the story, Ganesha was riding on his mouse one day when he tripped due to his weight. While this happened, the moon, which is also considered God in Hinduism, couldn't stop but laugh. It didn't go well with Ganesha who got angry seeing the moon's reaction and cursed it.

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From that day it is believed that if one sees the moon on Ganesh Chaturthi, one suffers disrespect and humiliation and gets trapped in fake allegations. However, there are astrological remedies to get rid of such dosha.