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Ganesha
Ganesha
By Viswa Challa
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Ganesh Chaturthi > Main Article > History > Origins Stories The Birth of Ganesha > Part 1 > Part 2 > Part 3
How did Lord Ganesha get a broken tusk? > Story 1 > Story 2
Ganesha and the Moon Ganesha goes around the world Gajasura Ganesha and his mouse
Ganapati Prayer
Gajananam Bhootha Ganadhi sevitham Kavitha jamboo palasara bakshitham Umasutham shoka vinayasha karana Namami vigneshwara pada pankajam Mooshika vahana modhaka hastha Shyamala karna vilambitha soothra Vaamana roopa maheshwara putra vigna vinayaka pada namasthe Agajanana padmarkam gajananam akarnisham aneka dantham bhaktanam eka dantam upasmahe Vakra thunda mahakaya suryakoti samaprabha nirvigram kurme deva sarva karyashu sarvatha shuklam baratharam vishnum shashi varnam chatur bhujam prasanna vadanam dhyayet sarva vigna upashanthaye Aindhu karathanai aanai mugaththanai indhi ilampirai polum aeyitranai nandi magandanai nyana kozhndhinai pundhiyil vaithu adi potrugindrome paalum theli thenum paagum paruppum ivai naangum kalandhunakku naan tharuvein kolam sei thunga karimugathu thoomaniye nee enakku sangathamizh moondrum thaa Theeyiyum veyyon punalinum thaniyon aayinum eesan arul arivar illai seyinum nallon aniya nall anbarkku thayinum nallon thazh sadayone Thiruvaarkkum sei karumam kai koottum - senjol peruvarkkum peedum perukkum uruvakkum adhalal vaanorum aanai mugathonai kaadhalal kooppuvar tham kai.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesha Chaturthi is the day that we celebrate Lord Ganesha.
It is celebrated on the birthday of Lord Ganesha. This celebration normally lasts 10 days. Ganesha is the god of wisdom and the remover of all obstacles. There are many stories associated with Lord Ganesha. I will show some of them in the stories section of this presentation.
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When Sage Ved Vyasa comes up with the idea of Mahabharat he looks around to find someone who would write the story down as he recited them. He decides to ask Ganesha to do it for him. Ganesha agrees to do it. To write the script Ganesha breaks off a tip of his tusk.
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Gajasura
Gajasura was an elephant demon. Gajasura was also a great devotee of Shiva. So one day he started to pray to Lord Shiva to get a boon. After some years Shiva appeared to grant a boon. Gajasura asks that Shiva reside inside his stomach, and Shiva accepted. Later Parvati started to get worried because she did not see Shiva anywhere. Parvati went and asked Lord Vishnu to go and search for Shiva. Vishnu disguised himself as a street player and took Nandi, Shivas steed, to go and search. After a long time they finally found Gajasura and asked him to release Shiva. Gajasura accepted but only if Vishnu gave him one more boon. He asked Vishnu to make him immortal, and Vishnu agreed. Later when Ganesha lost his head Shiva sent them to get the head of the first animal they encounter knowing that it would be Gajasura the elephant. When Gajasuras head was attached to Ganesha became immortal granting the boon he had asked for.
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Story 2
Once in the court of Indira, the king of Devas, Krauncha insulted the sage Vaamedeva and for that he was cursed and turned into a mouse by the sage. Then Krauncha went and wrecked havoc in the dwelling of the sage Paraashara. Paraashara asked Ganesha to come and save his house. Ganesha came and brought the mouse under his control and made him his steed.
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