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Reading Notes: Pattanaik's 99 Thoughts On Ganesha Part D

Part X History Meteoric Rise Shows up in 5th century AD Widespread worship of him in 12th century AD Indus Elephant images appeared in this region around 2500 BC Vedic Ganapati Appeared in Rig Veda around 1500 BC Vinayaka of Sutra and Smiti Manava-griha-sutra refers to him at around 500 BC Yakshas Class of beings that were Shiva devottees Indo-Greeks Indo-Greek coins have elephant images Hastimukha Scriptures written after Rig Veda invoke deities with elephant attributes Ganapatya 8th century AD scholar observed Hindus could be classified into five groups Tamil and Sri Lanka Stories of Ganesha spread here Morya Morya Gosavi is a saint who was exclusively devoted to Ganesha Maratha Influence Ganesha became personal deity of the Maratha community Tilak 1893 Ganesha Chaturthi became a public festival Part XI Spread Nepal Worshiped by Hindus and Buddhists Worship Heramba form of Ganesha Tibet Buddhists worship Ganesha AK

Reading Notes: Pattanaik's 99 Thoughts On Ganesha Part C

Part VI Temples Rock Fort Dedicated to Ganesha and Shiva Ganesha rooted to this spot because Vibhishana struck him on the head at this point The British fortified the temple which gives it it's name Ashtavinayak Eight shrines Moreshwar Temple at Morgaon Ganesha mounted on a peacock killed demon Sindhu Sidhivinayak of Siddhatek Ballaeshwar of Pali Varadavinayak of Mahad Chintamani of Theur Girijatmaj of Lenyadru Vighnahar of Ozar MahaGanesha of Ranjangaon Pilgrimage to all these places and then back to the first Trunk to left on all Ganesha's except one at Siddhatek Puri Elephant Houses Krishna, Subhadra, and Balbhadra During the bathing ceremony, Snana-yatra, Krishna and Balbhadra are placed in elephant dress they become black and white elephants. Part VII Festivals Autumn Ganesha and Gauri are worshipped twice (In the Spring and Autumn) Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated on the fourth day of the waxing moon Ten days After this is Pitr

Review: Week 13

I liked the Longer Table graphic. Jungkook to get me through my studio final presentation Source

Famous Last Words: Week 13

Both my readings for this week went really well. It gave me ideas for my storybook project this next week. My best writing, and my only writing, was only in this class. It probably was not the best thing I have ever written I did it in kind of a rush. I have seen some interesting writing from other people this week. I commented on a lot of blogs this week where the author wrote stories from a person’s perspective that was rarely heard in the original story. For example, two people wrote from Yashoda’s point of view. One wrote about her experience having her child replaced with another and the other person wrote about her experience raising Krishna. My other classes are going well. Except for my studio class. This week after thanksgiving is when my final project is due which in architecture words usually means drop everything else and only do that. So we will see how well I can juggle my studio class work and class work for other classes. I made a schedule for this month for studio. I

Wikipedia Trail: From Hephaestus to Troy

Hephaestus I saw this on the announcements and chose it because I like Greek mythology. That and I literally just watched Percy Jackson. Achilles I chose to go to Achilles from there because I love his story. Iliad I chose to go to the Iliad from Achilles because I have read the Odyssey, but I have never read the Iliad. Troy (Film) I chose to go to here from the Iliad because I just love this movie. Hephaestus and Athena Troy Source Source

Learning Challenge: 10 Reasons to Stop Judging People

10 Reasons to Stop Judging People: I already knew to be mindful of other people. Something new I learned was to not blame yourself if your first thought is a judgmental one. I guess something I want to try is this whole step system that the article sets up. Judging Meme