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• The beloved Elephant-faced deity
• Ganesh Chathurthi
• Ganesha festival
• Vinayaka Chaturthi
• Celebrated on Bhadrapada Shukla

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• God of Wisdom Prosperity and Fortune
• Festival falls in August-September
• Son of Shiva-Parvathi
• Celebrated all over Indiamore in
  Maharastra/Karnataka/Andhra Pradesh/Goa/Tamil
  Nadu/Gujrath

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• Lord Ganesh is the First God invoked in all Hindu
  rituals.
• Called Vigneshwara or Vinayaka
• Ganesh Chaturthi is the birthday of Lord ganesh
• He is the Chief of all Gana-isha General

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• The festival lasts for over 21-30 days
• Huge idols of Ganapathy are made out of clay and
  kept at public areas
• Several mythological stories of Ganesh
• How did he get an Elephant head

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• His vehicle is Mooshak or rat
• He loves modak a specialty of the festival
• The festival started by Shivaji the Maratha Ruler
  for Culture and Nationalization
• Later it was revived during independence by Loka
  Manya Tilak during English

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• On the day of Festival elaborate decorations are
  made home and public places
• Some times the making of Ganapathy Idol starts
  long before the Festival
• Final day of procession

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• On Ganapathi festival the Idol of Lord Ganesha is
  installed and invoked.
• Pooja ritual is completed with all the pooja
  articles
• Specially made food is offered for his blessings

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• Story of Ganapathy
• Parvathi-Shivas sonThe name Ganpathy is given
  by Shiva after breathing life into him
• Has only one Tuskcalled Ekadantha
• The other Tusk half broaken

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• Four hands of Ganesh signify Divinity
• There are Ganeshs Idols depicted up to 14 hands.
• Each hand carrying symbol which differs from the
  symbol of other hand

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• There are 57 symbols in all according to research
  findings
• One hand is always shown as symbol of protection
  refugeAbhayahastha
• The second hand with Modaka is the sweetness of
  the realized inner self

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• In the two hands which are behind he often holds
  an ankusha (elephant goad) and pasha a noose
• The noose is to convey the worldly
  attachments/desires
• The goad to prod to path of righteousness

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• With the goad Ganesh can strike and repel
  obstacles
• Pot belly signify the bounty nature and big mouth
  to swallow sorrows to protect
• Ganesh has 4 animals in the pictureman-elephant-s
  nake-mouse

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• This symbolizes collectively the striving towards
  integration with nature
• And coexistence harmony and symbiosis
• The elephant head is symbol of auspiciousness/stre
  ngth/intellectual power

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• The elephant is the largest and the strongest
  animal
• Yet is gentle and amazingly vegetarian and does
  not kill to eat
• Loyal affectionate to the keeper

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• Loving and forgiving but at the same time can
  destroy when provoked one
• Large head of Ganesh is symbolic of wisdom
• The big ears hear all retain only good

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• The trunk is symbolic of discrimination viveka
  an important quality for spiritual progress
• It can push massive trees/logs or can pick small
  blades of grass/coconut whole

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• Two legends related to the broken
  tuskParashurama story..Vyasas Ramayana story
  writing
• The little mouse Ganesh sits to travel is a
  special feature of iconography

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• A lord of wisdom so huge on a obsequious mouse
• Implies that mouse escapes to unthinkable places
  compared to wandering wayward mind controlled by
  the intellect

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• Story of Ganesh and Moon
• Why does the snake is used as a belt..
• Story of Siddi and buddi..two daughters of Lord
  Bramha
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?viSRz6HDymys

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• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v-JHkJB5g0P0feature
  related
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vc2TSeRE8AXI

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• Swastika the emblem of Lord Ganesh
• Derived from Sanskrit meaning conducive to well
  being
• Su meaning Well and Asti mean to be
• The symbol has been used in several cultures

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• Hindu Swastika has dot in the squares
• Symbol of good luck
• Also the symbol of Ganapathy

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