There is no festival or any function being performed before doing pooje to Lord Ganesha; he removes the obstacles from your path. So here comes one of the popular Ganesha Stotras in English and a screen shot followed in Kannada.
modal vandipe ninage gananatha
banda vigna kaleyo gananatha
modal vandipe ninage gananatha ||pa||
hinde ravananu madadinda ninna pujisade
sanda ranadalli gananatha ||1||
madhavana agneyinda dharmaraya poojisalu
sadhisida raajya gananatha ||2||
mangala muruti guru ranga vithalana pada
hingade paliso gananatha ||3||


Posted by Gowri-Ganesha Festival - September 2nd and 3rd 2008 « Kalpavriksha Kamadhenu on August 26, 2008 at 10:12 am
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Posted by Godha Ramadas on November 11, 2009 at 10:30 am
dear Madam
Very simple song on Ganesha and can recite daily.
OM GUM GANAPATHAYE NAMAHA
If we recite this manthra,it helps to overcome difficulties as i have read in a book