GANAPATI

Ganesh Chaturthi is tomorrow, listen to this tale of Ganesha ,
the importance of him





Ganesha, elephant-headed Hindu god of beginnings, who is
traditionally worshipped before any major enterprise and is the
patron of intellectuals, bankers, scribes, and authors. His name
means both “Lord of the People” (gana means the common people)
and “Lord of the Ganas” (Ganesha is the chief of the ganas, the
goblin hosts of Shiva). Ganesha is potbellied and generally
depicted as holding in his hand a few round Indian sweets, of
which he is inordinately fond. His vehicle (vahana) is the large
Indian bandicoot rat, which symbolizes Ganesha’s ability to
overcome anything to get what he wants. Like a rat and like an
elephant, Ganesha is a remover of obstacles