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 | | In front of God Ganapathi is put a big thall containing modaks made of rice-flour and filled with jaggery, grated coconut,cardamom seeds and dried fruit. |
 | | Ganapathi is an important deity of the Saivites, and, as is well known, he is represented with a human body and an elephant's head. |
 | | The Shiv Purana tells the story behind his strange appearance:Once when Shiva's consort, Parvati, needed someone to guard the door while she was bathing, no one being immediately available, she moulded a human figure out of a lump of clay, put it outside the door of the bathroom, and breathed life into him. |
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