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Bal Ganesh (transl. Little Ganesh) is a 2007 animated musical religious feature film directed by Pankaj Sharma based on Hindu scriptures. The film is about the divine adventures and sacred tales of Ganesh , the Hindu elephant-headed god, when he was in child form.
Ganesha is mentioned in Hindu texts between the 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE, and a few Ganesh images from the 4th and 5th centuries CE have been documented by scholars. [13] Hindu texts identify him as the son of Parvati and Shiva of the Shaivism tradition, but he is a pan-Hindu god found in its various traditions.
Mahaganapati, folio from the Sritattvanidhi (19th century). Here he is depicted with ten arms and accompanied by a goddess. Mahaganapati (Sanskrit: महागणपति, mahā-gaṇapati), literally "Ganesha, the Great" [1]), also spelled as Maha Ganapati, and frequently called Mahaganadhipati, is an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha.
Haridra Ganapati (Sanskrit: हरिद्रा-गणपति, Haridrā-gaṇapati, literally "turmeric Ganesha") is an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha (Ganapati). Haridra Ganapati is also known as Ratri Ganapati. [1] Haridra Ganapati is depicted as yellow like turmeric and wears yellow garments.
With the rising popularity of the film, Santoshi Mata entered the pan-Indian Hindu pantheon and her images and shrines were incorporated in Hindu temples. While the film portrayed the goddess to be the daughter of the popular Hindu god Ganesha and related her to the Raksha Bandhan festival, it had no basis in Sanatan ( Hindu ) scriptures. She ...
The Uttara-kamikagama says that the god has four arms and holds a pasha, an ankusha and a sugarcane in three hands. [2] Rao classifies Uchchhishta Ganapati as one of the five Shakti-Ganesha icons, where Ganesha is depicted with a shakti, that is, a female consort. [4] The large figure of Ganesha is accompanied with smaller figure of the consort ...
Mitra, the god of oaths, promises, and friendships; Varuna, the god of water the seas, the oceans, and rain; Indra, also called Śakra, the king of gods, and the god of weather, storms, rain, and war; Savitr, the god of the morning sun; associated with Surya; Aṃśa, solar deity; associated with Surya; Aryaman the god of customs, hospitality ...
Bala Ganapati (Sanskrit: बाल-गणपति, bāla-gaṇapati, literally "child Ganapati") is an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha (Ganapati), the elephant-headed of wisdom and fortune, depicted as a child. [1] There are few portrayals of Ganesha as a small boy caressed by his parents, Parvati and Shiva. [1]