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  2. Ganesha Sahasranama - Wikipedia

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    Ganesha Sahasranamas are recited in many temples today as a living part of Ganesha devotion. There are two different major versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama, with subvariants of each version. One major version appears in chapter I.46 of the Ganesha Purana (Gaṇeśa Purāṇa), an important scripture of the Ganapatya (Gāṇapatya). This ...

  3. Bombay Sisters - Wikipedia

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    The Bombay Sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, were born in Trichur, in what is today Kerala, to Mukthambal and N. Chidambaram Iyer. The sisters were brought up in Bombay. Saroja and Lalitha had their education in the S.I.E.S Matunga, passed their intermediate privately from Bhopal, M.P. and completed their graduation from Delhi University.

  4. Sahasranama - Wikipedia

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    The Lalita Sahasranama, which is a Shaktist stotra. [17] This Devi-related work is found in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. [18] The Ganesha Sahasranama, found in the Ganesha Purana. [19] [20] The Hanuman Sahasranama, is a Hanuman stotra told by Valmiki. Its origin is unknown, but it is often attributed to the deity Rama. [21]

  5. Ganesha - Wikipedia

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    Ganesha (/gəɳeɕᵊ/, Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Pillaiyar, and Lambodara, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon [4] and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. [5]

  6. Ganesha Purana - Wikipedia

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    Chapter 46 of the Upasanakhanda includes a stotra (hymn) that is the source text for one of the best-known versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama (hymn of praise listing 1,000 names and attributes of Ganesha). [citation needed] The text has five literary units, found in all Puranas: khanda, mahatmya, upakhyana, gita and a narrative unit. [29]

  7. Ganapatya - Wikipedia

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    The Ganesha Sahasranama is part of the Puranic literature, and is a litany of a thousand names and attributes of Ganesha. Each name in the sahasranama conveys a different meaning and symbolises a different aspect of Ganesha. Versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama are found in the Ganesha Purana. [9]

  8. Ganesh Chaturthi - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Bhaskararaya - Wikipedia

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    "Soubhāgyabhāskara"is a commentary (bhāsya) on Lalita Sahasranama. [7] [8] This work was completed in 1728 AD. His Khadyota ("Firefly") commentary on the Ganesha Sahasranama is considered authoritative by Ganapatya. [9] The important events of Bhāskararāya's life is written by his disciple Jagannath Paṇḍitor Umānandnātha in ...