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Ganesha with lakshmi and saraswati
GANESHA WITH LAKSHMI AND SARASWATI SYMBOLIZING THE INTELLECTUAL WITH KNOWLEDGE, GOOD LUCK AS A REMOVER OF OBSTACLES, PROSPERITY AND PEACE
The legend about Ganesha having preference over all other gods establishes his sharpness of intellect. There was a keen competition amongst all gods to gain the first place of worship amongst the deity. It was decided that the god, who will return first after traversing the whole universe should be declared the winner. All gods and goddesses ran on their fast vehicles. Ganesha with his pot-bellied body and mouse's vehicle could never hope to compete. He took a round of his parents, Shiva and Parvati, and just sat there at the starting point. He was declared the winner because one who goes round his parents and touches their feet traverses the whole universe. Since then Ganesha is always worshipped first and every other god takes a back seat.

Another legend says that when Parvati saw an elephant's head being fixed on her son's body, she burst into tears and could not be soothed .To pacify her Brahma announced that amongst the worship of all the gods, that of Ganesha should for ever bear the first preference.

In modern age Ganesha is regarded as the personification of those qualities, which surmount all difficulties. He is the typical lord of success in life and its accompaniments of good living, prosperity and peace. Not only is Ganesha thus honored in religious ceremonies, but in almost all civil concerns too his blessings are sought. At the head of letters, in opening pages of account books, at the entrance gate of a house and at the door of a shop, salutation to Ganesha, drawing his image or his symbol is deemed to be auspicious and a guarantee for progress and prosperity. His numerous images and shrines can be seen throughout India. In all ceremonies (except funeral rites) Ganesha is first invoked. He is revered by most Hindus, whether followers of Shiva or Vishnu.

Ganesha represents the unity of the Small Being, the man, with the Great Being, the elephant. It is the blending of microcosm with macrocosm, of drop with the ocean and of individual soul with divinity.




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