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‡ One of the most revered Gods in
Hinduism
‡ Considered as the remover of
obstacles
‡ The God of domestic harmony
and success
‡ Always involved first in any
Hindu ceremony or festival
‡ Known by various names
± Ganesh
± Ganapati
± Vinayak
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=ord Shiva is His father
Goddess Parvati His mother
=ord Kartikeyan is His brother
Mouse is His vehicle
Intelligence is His power
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‡ Shiva Purana
± Parvati creates Him out of clay
± A battle with Shiva
± =oses His head and Parvati laments
± Shiva replaces the head with
elephants head
‡ Brahma Vaivarta Purana
± Parvati observes a fast to appease
Vishnu
± When Ganesha is born, all Gods and
Goddesses are invited
± Shani refuses to look at Ganesha
± Finally looks and thus severs
Ganesha¶s head
± Vishnu fixes an elephants head
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‡ Parashuram goes to visit Shiva
‡ Ganesha again blocks Parashuram¶s
way
‡ Parashuram throws an axe which
breaks Ganesha¶s tusk

‡ While scribing Mahabharat, He broke

His pen
‡ To coninue, He broke his tusk and
used it as pen

‡ While riding His mouse, He fell and

broke His tusk
‡ Moon laughed at Him and got cursed
  
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‡ Known as Omkara as His body

mirrors the embodiment of the
cosmos
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