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While some texts say that Ganesha was born with an elephant head, he acquires the head later in most stories. [56] The most recurrent motif in these stories is that Ganesha was created by Parvati using clay to protect her and Shiva beheaded him when Ganesha came between Shiva and Parvati.
Regional differences dictate the order of their births. In North India, Skanda is generally said to be the elder brother while in the South, Ganesha is considered the first born. [12] Prior to the emergence of Ganesha, Skanda was an important martial deity from about 500 BCE to about 600 CE, when his worship declined significantly in North India.
Ganesh Jayanti (literally "Ganesha's birthday", also known as Bhadra shukla chaturthi, Tilkund chaturthi, and Varad chaturthi, is a Hindu festival. This occasion celebrates the birth day of Ganesha , the lord of wisdom. [ 1 ]
Many families worship Ganesha in the form of patri (leaves used for worshiping Ganesha or other gods), a picture is drawn on paper or small silver idols. In some households Ganesha idols are hidden, a feature unique to Ganesh Chaturthi in Goa due to a ban on clay Ganesha idols and festivals by the Jesuits as part of the Inquisition. [43]
Ganesh Baba's teachings incorporated Western scientific concepts. He taught that there is a cyclic cosmic process of involution and evolution, and he developed a system of correspondences – a "Cycle of Synthesis" – between levels of Kriya Yoga practice, the five koshas , the planets, the kayas , the Yugas, the cakras, the stages of organic ...
Ganesh Hegde (born 1974), Indian singer and Bollywood choreographer, from Karnataka Ganesh Man Singh , commander of Nepalese democratic movement of 1990 AD Ganesh Mavlankar (died 1956), Indian politician
The Ganesha Purana (Sanskrit: गणेश पुराणम्; IAST: gaṇeśa purāṇam) is a Sanskrit text that deals with the Hindu deity Ganesha (Gaṇeśa). [1] It is an upapurāṇa (minor Purana) that includes mythology, cosmogony, genealogy, metaphors, yoga, theology and philosophy relating to Ganesha.
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. He is the representation of Ganesha as the Supreme Being Paramatman and is the most important deity of the Ganesha-centric ...