Lord Ganesh - The first God of Hinduism

Lord Ganesh - The first God of Hinduism 

Sep 7th 2024

Today Ganesh chaturthi. Seek Lord Ganesh's blessings to remove any obstacles in life and give us good health, happiness and prosperity.

Lord Ganesh..

1) He’s known as the remover of obstacles and hence prayed as first God before starting anything new.

2) He’s the son of Shiva and Parvati

3) He’s renowned for his wisdom

4) He transcribed the Mahabharata

5) His form and sacred symbols all have deeper meanings see picture.

BTW, Do you know Lord Ganesh is known in a few Asian countries like  Japan, China, Thailand apart from India? In Japan he is known as Kangiten or vinayakaten. God of bliss.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangiten

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha

I was pleasently surprised to see Lord Ganesh statues along with Lord Indra in a few Buddisht temples of Bangkok, Beijing and Tokyo during my visits over several years.

In March 2022, I visited the உச்சி பிள்ளையார் uchi pillayar Ganesh temple in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, also called the Rockfort temple. It's perhaps the oldest Ganesh temple in india. Legend has it After the war and exile were over, Lord Rama gifted a statue of Lord Vishnu to King Vibeshana, brother of King Ravana. Since Sage Agastya , did not want the statue to be taken from India, he requested Lord Ganesha to help. In the disguise of a small boy, he tricked Lord Vibishana to keep the Idol at Srirangam, which became affixed to the ground. Then all the way from Srirangam, Lord Ganesha was chased to the top of the small hill. After revealing his true identity, Lord Ganesha blessed King Vibeshana abundantly. Lord Ganesha also resides on top of the hill and blesses everyone who comes to visit him. The rock is geologically older than Himalayas. It's over billion years old. It's about 300 feet tall. You get a beautiful view of the trichy city and cauvery river and the srirangam temple, which is the second largest temple complex in the world after Angor Wat.

Do you know, it's only Ganesh who literally wrote the Mahabharata story,  when Sage Ved Vyasa narrated it. The legend states that Ganesha acted as the scribe who scripted the Mahabharata, which is an epic tale of the Kurukshetra War and the lives of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Mahabharata also consists of many devotional and philosophical materials and also includes the Bhagavad Gita. Veda Vyasa worshipped and prayed to Lord Brahma, who advised Vyasa to request Lord Ganesha to act as the scribe. The Sage would dictate the Sanskrit epic in verse form. Ganesha obliged the wish of Lord Brahma decided to write the Mahabharata but with one condition. The condition stated that Veda Vyasa would dictate the epic constantly and continuously without any pause. The sage agreed but with his own condition that the elephant headed deity would write the epic only after understanding each and every word and thought and their implications. So Lord Ganesh knows Mahabharata and Gita inside out .

Muussika-Vaahana Modaka-Hasta
Caamara-Karnna Vilambita-Suutra |
Vaamana-Ruupa Mahesvara-Putra
Vighna-Vinaayaka Paada Namaste ||

 Sloka Meaning:

1: (Salutations to Sri Vighna Vinayaka) Whose Vehicle is the Mouse and Who has the Modaka in His Hand,
2: Whose Large Ears are like Fans and Who Wears a Long Sacred Thread,
3: Who is Short in Stature and is the Son of Sri Maheswara (Lord Shiva),
4: Prostrations at the Feet of Sri Vighna Vinayaka, the Remover of the Obstacles of His Devotees.

Jai Ganesh.

Gowri Ganesha,  in Bangalore and Karnataka celebrates the Gowri-Ganesha mother-son bonding ♥️ 

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