Ganesh(a)

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Other names** //__- Ganapati, Vigneshvara, gana= lord or master, Vinayaka (equivalent to Vignesha), Dvaimatura (one who has two mothers), Ganadhipa (equivalent to Ganapati and Ganesha), Ekadanta (one who has one tusk), Heramba (one who has a pot belly, or, literally, one who has a hanging belly), Ganesha and Ganesa are the same as Ganesh.


 * //__Art __//** - may be seen standing, dancing heroically taking action against demons, playing with his family as a boy, sitting down, engaging in a range of contemporary situations, riding his rat, elephant head, holds an axe, noose(lasso), lotus flower, has the Aum sign on his hand.



__**//Festival //** __- an annual festival honors Ganesh for 10 days, starting on Ganesh Chaturthi, which begins August 20th or early September15th. The festival ends on the day of Ananta Chaturdashi, when images of Ganesh are immersed in the most convenient body of water. It is also Ganesh’s birthday. It is held all over India but mostly in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Anddhra Pradesh. To learn more about the Ganesh Chaturthi click here.


 * //__Symbols __//**- rat = the subjected demon of vanity and impertinence, conch = the sound that creates Akash (India’s medium range surface-to-air missile defense system), laddu (sweet) = Sattva, snakes = control over poisons of the passions and refer to Shiva, hatchet = cuts away the bondage of desires, mudra = grants fearlessness, broken tusk = is what Ganesh wrote the Mahabaratha.


 * //__God of__ //** - Lord of obstacles = both a material and spiritual order. Popularly worshipped as the remover of obstacles, traditionally he takes away and places in the path of those who need to be checked., Lord of letters and learning (Buddhi). In Sanskrit Buddhi means intelligence, wisdom, or intellect. , Aum = Ganesh is identified `with the Hindu manantra Aum (Om). , and Lord of all existing beings. [[image:http://swasthi.co.cc/web_images/aum.jpg width="166" height="163" align="right" caption="The Aum"]]




 * //__Family __//**- Mother = Parvati, Father = Shiva, Siblings = Skanda and Kartikay, Wives= Buddhi, Siddhi, Riddhi, Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Kala Bo, Children= Ksema, Labha, Subha, Santoshi



**//__Myths__//** - How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head- Parvarti created Ganesh while Shiva was not there to guard her quarters. When Shiva wanted to see Parvarti Ganesh forbid it, at which point shiva cut off his head. Later Shiva brought Ganesh back to life and provided him with the head of an elephant, because no other was available. In another myth Ganesh's head is burned to ashes when Saturn, son of the Sun god, is forced by Parvarti to look at her child and bless him.- How Ganesh Became Lord Of All Existing Beings- Ganesyh became Lord of All Existing Beings by winning a race from his brother Kartikay. When given the task to race around the Universe, Ganesh didn't start the race like his brother but simply walked around his father and mother, Shiva and Parvarti, as the source of all existence.- To learn how Ganesh broke his tusk click here

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