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Another story tells of how one day the Gods decided to choose their leader and a race was to be held between the brothers- Kartikeya and lord Ganesh. Whoever took 3 rounds of the earth first would be made the Ganaadhipati or the leader. Kartikeya seated on a peacock as his vehicle, started off for the test.lord Ganesh was given a rat, which moved swiftly. Ganesh realised that the test was not easy, but he would not disobey his father. He reverently paid obeisance to his parents and went around them 3 times and thus completed the test before Kartikeya. He(Lord Ganesha) said, " my parents pervade the whole universe and going around them, is more than going round the earth." Everybody was pleasantly surprised to hear lord Ganesha's logic and intelligence and hence he(Ganesha) came to be known as the Ganaadhipati or leader, now referred to as Ganpati.
There is also a story behind the symbolic snake, rat and the singular tusk. During one of his birthdays, His mother, Parvati, cooked for him 21 types of delicious food and a lot of sweet porridge. Ganesha ate so much that even his big belly could not contain it. Mounting his little mouse, he embarked on his nightly rounds. His(Lord Ganesha) mouse suddenly stumbled upon seeing a huge snake. To adjust His belly, Ganesha put the snake on as a belt around his stomach. All of a sudden, he heard laughter emanating form the sky.
He
looked up and saw the moon mocking him.Lord Ganesha infuriated, broke off one
of his tusks and hurled it at the moon. Parvati, seeing this, immediately
cursed the moon that whoever looks at it on Ganesh Chaturthi will be accused of
a wrong doing. The symbology behind the mouse and snake and Ganesha's big belly
and its relationship to the moon on his birthday is highly philosophic. The
whole cosmos is known to be the belly of Ganesha. Parvati is the primordial
energy. The seven realms above, seven realms below and seven oceans, are inside
the cosmic belly of Ganesha, held together by the cosmic energy (kundalini )
symbolized as a huge snake which Ganesha ties around Him. The mouse is nothing
but our ego. Lord Ganesha, using the mouse as a vehicle, exemplifies the need
to control our ego. One who has controlled the ego has Ganesha consciousness or
God-consciousness.
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Ganesh chaturthi story
Ganesh chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on the birthday of Lord Ganesh (Ganesha,vinayaka), the god of wisdom and prosperity on the 4th day of the moons bright fortnight, or period from new moon in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi continue for 5, 7, or 10 days. Some even stretch it to 21 days, but 10 the most popularly celebrated. In the tradition of the right hand path the 1st day is the most important. In the left hand path tradition the final day is most important.
Ganesha is the god of wisdom and
prosperity and is invoked before the beginning of any auspicious work by the
Hindus. It is believed that for the fulfillment of one's desires, his blessing
is absolutely necessary. According to the mythology, lord ganesha is the son of
Shiva and Parvati, brother of Kartikeya - the general of the gods, Lakshmi -
the goddess of wealth and Saraswati-the goddess of learning. There are numerous
stories in Hindu mythology, associated with the birth of this lord Ganesha,
whose vehicle is the Mooshak or rat and who loves Modaks (droplet shaped Indian
sweet).
Legend has it that Parvati
created Ganesha out of the sandalwood dough that she used for her bath and
breathed life into him. Letting him stand guard at the door parvati went to
have her bath. When her husband, Shiva returned, the child who had never seen
him stopped him. Shiva severed the head of the child and entered his house.
Parvati, learning that her son was dead, was distraught and asked Shiva to
revive him. Shiva cut off the head of an elephant and fixed it on the body of
Ganesha.
Ganesh chaturthi
Another story tells of how one day the Gods decided to choose their leader and a race was to be held between the brothers- Kartikeya and lord Ganesh. Whoever took 3 rounds of the earth first would be made the Ganaadhipati or the leader. Kartikeya seated on a peacock as his vehicle, started off for the test.lord Ganesh was given a rat, which moved swiftly. Ganesh realised that the test was not easy, but he would not disobey his father. He reverently paid obeisance to his parents and went around them 3 times and thus completed the test before Kartikeya. He(Lord Ganesha) said, " my parents pervade the whole universe and going around them, is more than going round the earth." Everybody was pleasantly surprised to hear lord Ganesha's logic and intelligence and hence he(Ganesha) came to be known as the Ganaadhipati or leader, now referred to as Ganpati.
Ganesh chaturthi
There is also a story behind the symbolic snake, rat and the singular tusk. During one of his birthdays, His mother, Parvati, cooked for him 21 types of delicious food and a lot of sweet porridge. Ganesha ate so much that even his big belly could not contain it. Mounting his little mouse, he embarked on his nightly rounds. His(Lord Ganesha) mouse suddenly stumbled upon seeing a huge snake. To adjust His belly, Ganesha put the snake on as a belt around his stomach. All of a sudden, he heard laughter emanating form the sky.
He
looked up and saw the moon mocking him.Lord Ganesha infuriated, broke off one
of his tusks and hurled it at the moon. Parvati, seeing this, immediately
cursed the moon that whoever looks at it on Ganesh Chaturthi will be accused of
a wrong doing. The symbology behind the mouse and snake and Ganesha's big belly
and its relationship to the moon on his birthday is highly philosophic. The
whole cosmos is known to be the belly of Ganesha. Parvati is the primordial
energy. The seven realms above, seven realms below and seven oceans, are inside
the cosmic belly of Ganesha, held together by the cosmic energy (kundalini )
symbolized as a huge snake which Ganesha ties around Him. The mouse is nothing
but our ego. Lord Ganesha, using the mouse as a vehicle, exemplifies the need
to control our ego. One who has controlled the ego has Ganesha consciousness or
God-consciousness.
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