These festivities can last anywhere from one to 11 days involving rituals, the creation and visiting of pandals float-like representations of the deity often taking on various themes , the distribution of pamphlets with stories about the deity, colorful costumery in parades, plays, and musical productions, various foods and sweets in honor of the deity, and immersion of the idols in rivers. The celebrations usually involve four primary rituals: Pranapratishtha or the production of a murti idol into which the deity is infused, Shodashopachara which refers to the 16 forms of paying tribute to Ganesha, Uttarapuja or the worship ceremony that permits the idol to be removed from the alter and prepared for immersion, and finally, Ganapati Visarjan or the immersion of the idol in the river.
The most elaborate celebrations take place in the Indian state of Maharashtra in which Ganesha is seen as a particularly important deity. Ganesha , s—s, Cambodia. Sandstone; 29 x 25 in. Lent by the National Museum of Cambodia. Photo by Jeff Wells. Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles and the offspring of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and his consort the goddess Parvathi. Several myths detail his birth and acquisition of the elephant head.
Thou who in all affairs claimest precedence in adoration! Calamity averting Ganesh Salaam!! Thou who art invoked on the commencement of a journey, the writing of a book, Salaam!! Ganesh, put not thine ears to sleep! Encourage me, and then behold my bravery; Call me your own fox, then will you see me perform the exploits of a lion! What fear need he have of the waves of the sea, Who has Noah for a pilot?
First born of Mahadeo and Parvarti! God of Prudence and Policy! Patron of Literature! She writes like Ganesh! Invocation to Ganesh, translated by Fanny Parkes. Linda Heaphy. John Manley April 01, I just wanted to thank you for the article. Absalon July 22, I have been raised as a Christan, and have had several visions, which I admit caused me continued personal concern ever since.
I have had absolety no contact with anything other than with the Catholic aspect, still all in the Christan areana. Then, I recieved another vision, however this one, the being showed its self to me, which again was very unsettling.
Being totally unreconizeable within my experences, I began to pay attention to the other religons. Still understanding very little, I stumbled acrost Hinduisum, and discovered that it is around 4 thousand years old, around 2 thousand years older than Christamdom, and I realized the great many paralels between the two.
I still am learning, and recently found here on your site some great information which gave me inlightment beyond just the religion, but within my very life… My personal experence, abreveated to not put one to sleep, was this being told me to approach him, then produced an unrolled scroll. Take it. Do as you wish. Now that flat out scared me! Not knowing who or what was happening, it was like I was cut loose.
Thrown away. Disregarded by the upper realm. It has taken years for me to realize the who and what. I even went to talk with the monks, and received very little instruction or info. This site you have here has opened a great deal of understanding for me, and Ganesha is not as protraid visually.
His vistage is tearable, though very reconizable. Words which come to mind such as Huge, Massive, Powerful, Intense, Extreme Warrior, and one can actuall feel his very presence like being in a pressure cooker.
Yea, it was very concerning and had been almost a dayly thought since that encounter. Not having anything to do with the Hindu aspect ever, how come an outsider has been brought to the attention of Ganesha?? Still a bit confused, but armed with the knowledge you have researched and uncovered has relieved my anxiety greatly. Thank you. I would be greatful if you could maybe email me and toss in a bit of information which I may be able to further my personal knowledge in this situation.
Thank you for your efforts which put so many pieces together for me. Bunescu Laura May 31, Istoria lui Ganesh, este foarte interesanta. Jill Willett February 22, Is there a mantra to benefit from the goodness of Ganesh? Sherrie Leigh Rawlins Deal November 03, I found it to be very interesting and I have a brass ring already but would love to see more.
New Font August 16, Great article but please use another type of font. Joe Wilson August 16, I was thinking the same thing about the Islamic connection Michael suggested. Tejas July 03, Mast ha. Nooshkipooshkilooshkila November 06, Hell yeah!! I love elephants!! She has travelled extensively and is a passionate writer on subjects as diverse as the role played by women throughout history , tribal communities and their customs, symbology and ethnology, talismans and their history.
Occasionally she also writes about her travel experiences, her new life on a 25 acres in the Northern Rivers region of northern Australia and her black miniature poodle Phoenix.
Ganesha is often displayed playing a musical instrument. Much like Krishna , Ganesha affirms life by celebrating in it's pleasures and beauty. How Ganesha came to have the head of an elephant is explained in various stories. One account of his birth is that Parvati formed him from the rubbings of her body so that he might stand guard at the door while she bathed.
When Shiva approached, unaware this was his son, he was enraged at being kept away from his wife and proceeded to lop off the head of Ganesha. To ease Parvati's grief, Shiva promised to cut off the head of the first living thing he saw and attach it to the body. That creature was an elephant.
Ganesh broke his own tusk and used it to continue writing the epic poem. Well, technically he wrote it down while the sage Vyasa spoke it to him. As Ganesh was writing the poem, his pen broke. But Ganesh had agreed to write the poem without stopping, so he broke of his tusk and used that to continue writing. This is one explanation of why Ganesh is always shown with a broken tusk. And the poem he was writing? It is one of the oldest and most important Hindu texts. Some Hindus avoid looking at the moon during Ganesh Chaturthi.
A story tells how Ganesh once went to a feast for his birthday, but he ate so many laddoos that he toppled over when trying to get up.
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