Indian Epics Blog

One day Narada had a mango and he decided to go and offer it to one of Shiva’s sons. As he was making the climb up Mount Kailasa Narada wondered which of Shiva’s sons he should give the mango to. Unable to decide, Narada came up with an idea to decide who to give the mango to. Narada finally made it to the top and sitting there were the people he had come looking for. Shiva smiled and said, “What brings you here to today, Narada?” Narada smiled at Shiva and Parvati and then turned towards their sons and said, “I came to give this mango to one of your sons. I have also made a competition to decide who gets the mango. The person who can go around the world three times before the other gets the mango.” And with that statement Kartikeya jumped onto his peacock and immediately went off. As he was going around the world Ganesha just sat there and happily watched his brother going around the world. As they sat there Parvati and Narada were wondering why Ganesha did not get up...

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...

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...