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	Ganesha - the Elephant Headed God, Art and Mythology
		Ganesha is usually depicted either as a pictograph or as an idol with the body of a man and the head of an elephant, having only one tusk, the other tusk appearing broken.
		Ganesha, though a powerful deity, is similarly loving and forgiving and moved by the affection of his devotees.
		Ganesha is thus the ONLY god to be associated in a "physical" sense with the primordial sacred sound AUM, a telling reminder of his supreme position in the Hindu pantheon.
	ganesha.exoticindiaart.com (2585 words)

	Ganesha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ganesha is thus considered the master of intellect and wisdom.
		Moreover, Ganesha is associated with the first chakra (wheel), which represents the instinct of conservation and survival, of procreation and material well-being.
		Statue of Ganesha from the District of Andra Pradesh, India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ganesha (5941 words)

	Flame In Modaka Of Shri Ganesha
		Lord Ganesha is the personification of all that is auspicious.
		Ganesha is the older son od Shiva and Parvati, and brother of SKanda (Karthik).
		The pot-bellied, askew-trunked single-tusk Ganesha is popularly the beloved of all.
	adishakti.org /miracle_photo/flame_in_modka.htm (5149 words)

	Ganesha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ganesha is represented as a short, pot-bellied man with yellow skin, four arms and an elephant's head with only one tusk.
		Ganesha is the second son of Shiva and Parvati.
		Ganesha had stayed at home and studied the scriptures and, through his studies, had gone round the earth in much lesser time than his more physical and less astute brother, Karttikeya, had on foot.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/g/ganesha.html (1192 words)

	Bali Books \| Ganesha Bookshop and Music Workshop Ubud Bali \| Indonesian Language Books
		Ganesha Bookshop and Music Workshop Ubud Bali
		A hero must save the woman he loves.
		It includes the premiere recording of 'Paradise Regained', a collaboration with Jack Body for gansa and piano that was written for Indonesian pianist Anandda Sukarlan as part of the programme of works to commemorate the victims of the Bali bombing of 2002.
	www.ganeshabooksbali.com (4346 words)

	Ganesha (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ganesha is a small collective of experimental-yet unpretentious-Montreal musicians.
		Formed in early 1996 under several ridiculous names, the group finally settled upon Ganesha after the two mainstays viewed a large mural that incorporated the Hindu deity in a New York museum.
		Ganesha incorporates any and all instruments at their disposal (ordinary, unconventional, homemade alike).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ganesha_(band) (283 words)

	GANESHA
		Ganesha is represented as a short, pot-bellied man with an elephant's head with one tusk, four arms, and yellow skin.
		According to the Shiva Purana, Ganesha was born of the scurf from Parvati's body.
		Ganesha is also known as Ekdanta, or the one with one tooth, because one of his tusks is broken.
	www.gurjari.net /ico/Mystica/html/ganesha.htm (771 words)

	Ganesha
		Ganesha rules kundalini energy, the first chakra, psychic energy, and the training of the mind.
		Honor Ganesha at that time by making donations to a charities, giving blood, feeding the poor, or making a clay figure of him, putting it on the altar for two days, and then throwing it into water.
		Ganesha can be invoked by chanting or reciting his names and titles.
	zer0dmx.tripod.com /gods/ganesha.html (293 words)

	Ganesha - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		In Hinduism, Ganesha (Gaṇeśa, "lord of the hosts," also spelled Ganesa and sometimes referred to as Ganesh in Hindi, Bengali and other Indian vernaculars) is the god of wisdom, intelligence, education and prudence.
		Yet another myth is that, in the process of writing the Mahabharata (at the dictation of Vyasa) Ganesh found that his pen had broken, and in the urgency of taking down the great words, snapped off his left tusk as a replacement quill.
		Ganesha is known as Aumkara, because his body mirrors the shape of the Aum, the elephant god is thus seen as the embodiment of the cosmos.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Ganesha (840 words)

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		Ganesha, who had never seen Shiva in his life, stopped his mother's consort from entering her abode.
		Hindus salute the elephant-headed god Ganesha before beginning any activity or journey in the hope that there are no obstacles in their endeavour.
		Thus Ganesha ensures the prosperity of man and is often shown seated beside Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and fortune.
	www.geocities.com /sudhirshenoy2k/ganesh.html (330 words)

	Hindu Deities: Lord Ganesha
		In Hindu mythology, Lord Ganesha is the first son of Lord Shiva and the Divine Mother Parvati.
		A mouse sitting near the feet of Ganesha and gazing at the tray of Laddus: a mouse symbalizes the ego that can nibble all that is good and noble in a person.
		A mouse sitting near the feet of Ganesha indicates that a perfect person is one who has conquered his (or her) ego.
	www.koausa.org /Gods/God8.html (717 words)

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		Ganesha is usually depicted colored red; he is pot bellied, has one tusk broken, and has four arms that may hold a pasam, a goad, and a pot of rice or sweetmeats.
		Ganesha was thus restored to life and rewarded for his courage by being made lord of new beginnings and guardian of entrances.
		A prayer to Ganesha is invariably accompanied by smashing a coconut, symbolic of smashing the undesirable forces inherent in oneself.
	www.lotussculpture.com /ganesha1.htm (651 words)

	Ganesha Gaja Musaka Indra Shiva
		Ganapati [Ganesha] is represented as an elephant-headed man to express the unity of the small being, the microcosm...
		Ganesha is a son of Shiva and Parvati (the lady of the mountain).
		After Ganesha lost his head (perhaps cut off by Shiva when Shiva did not know that Ganesha was Parvati's son, perhaps by the evil deed of another god), Shiva replaced it with the head of an elephant (gaja).
	www.valdostamuseum.org /hamsmith/Ganesha.html (1948 words)

	Hindu Gods : Ganesha (Ganesh) - introduction & wallpaper
		Ganesha became the Lord (Isha) of all existing beings (Gana) after winning a contest from his brother Kartikay.
		In another story, Ganesha's head is burned to ashes when Saturn is forced by Parvati to look at her child and bless him.
		This introduction on Ganesha was extracted from "Tools for Tantra", which contains all details for worship, included details on how to construct the Ganesha Yantra as well as the 33 mantras that accompagny and describe a full worship.
	www.sanatansociety.org /hindu_gods_and_goddesses/ganesha.htm (799 words)

	GANESH
		Ganesha — the elephant God —; is a child of Shiva, the Supreme Being, and Parvati his wife.
		Lord Ganesha represents the call to spiritual power —; he has been prayed to, worshipped and adored in one form or another since time began, as it is said that time began with his creation.
		Indeed Ganesha was born with a corpulent body, said to contain within it all the matter of the universe.
	www.souledout.org /healing/healingdeities/ganesh/ganesh.html (779 words)

	Our Deities - Ganesha - OM Shakthi - Parashakthi Temple
		Abhishekam for Lord Ganesha is done every Friday morning at 10.30 AM According to the Vaidic literature, Ganesha is the eldest son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi and he is the head of Pramadhaganas, hence Ganapathi.
		Lord Ganesha is described to be having an elephant face, large ears, one tusk, four arms, large belly and the rat as his vehicle.
		The Raasi in which Ganesha was born (Hasthami) has the shape of an elephant trunk and rises before dawn on the day of Vinayaka Chavithi.
	www.parashakthitemple.org /pages/ganesha.aspx (852 words)

	Abodes of Ganesha
		There are several modern shrines to Ganesha across the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent, especially in the southern state of Tamilnadu.
		Girijaatmaja Vinayak at Lenyadri hills in Maharashtra is a representation of Ganesha in the form of an infant.
		Ganesha is said to have been the cause of the origin of these worship centers.
	www.templenet.com /beliefs/ganesha.html (478 words)

	Ganesha
		Ganesha or Ganpati is an extremely popular God in India.
		Ganesha is also one of the five Gods the worship of whom was popularized by Adi Shankaracharya; the other four being Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti and Surya.
		Ganesha, with His ears acting as a winnowing basket, will give His true devotees only what is needed for spiritual progress, and will not give them what they ask for.
	jogeshwari.8m.com /ganesha.htm (885 words)

	Ganesh - Crystalinks
		Ganesha, in fact, is the symbol of he who has discovered the Divinity within himself.Ganesha is the first sound, OM, in which all hymns were born.
		Moreover, Ganesha is associated with the first chakra (energy wheel), which represents the instinct of conservation and survival, of procreation and material well-being.
		However, it was once traditional in Maharashtrian art to depict Mooshak as a very large mouse, and for Ganesha to be mounted on him like a horse.Yet another interpretation says that the mouse (Mushika or Akhu) represents the ego, the mind with all of its desires, and the pride of the individual.
	www.crystalinks.com /ganesh.html (2805 words)

	Cleveland Museum of Art - Our Collections
		The elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is the lord of the ganas, the impish dwarf attendants of the god Shiva.
		Because Ganesha is the destroyer of obstacles, he is invoked at the beginning of every enterprise so that he can make the way smooth, remove distractions, and offer protection from evil.
		Ganesha fell, his belly burst open, and the sweets were scattered.
	www.clemusart.com /museum/collect/world/high12.html (186 words)

	Ganesha Home Page
		Ganesha is also one of the five Gods the worship of whom was popularised by Adi Shankaracharya; the other four are Vishnu, Shiva, Devi and Surya.
		Ganesha's human body representing 'tvam', His elephantine countenance representing 'tat' and their joining together signifies the nondifference of 'tvam' (You) and 'tat' (Brahman).
		Or, Ganesha's ears indicate that such discrimination between Brahman and mAyA is to be gained by taking recourse to SravaNa or hearing.
	www.cix.co.uk /~ganesh/ganesha.htm (1351 words)

	Ganesha Home Page
		Ganesha's chatur is calculated as the fourth day of the moons bright fortnight, or period from new moon.
		You may like to install a special consecrated image (rupa) of Ganesha, made of worthless plaster.(1) This is traditional, and in Maharashtra state, which is the main centre of the Ganesha cult in India, craftsmen produce hundreds of thousands of these images every year.
		With parched grain (13), stone and poppies I worship Ganesha with the elephant's mouth, as lord of the harvest (14).
	www.cix.co.uk /~ganesh/ganesha3.htm (1319 words)

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		In Dravidian times, Ganesha was worshipped as an elephant, signifying the wisdom and majesty of the universe.
		In myths, the birth of Ganesha is celebrated as a divine twist of fate.
		Ganesha represents the majesty of the animal kingdom with his head and his vehicle the mouse shows subjugation of pestilent rats.
	timepiece.shubhkaamna.com /ganesha.htm (676 words)

	Ganesha
		Ganesha, the son of the Hindu deities Siva and Durga (or Siva and Parvati, depending on the region of India) is a god of luck and of "opening the way." Rotund and generally jolly, he is distinguied from other Hindu deities because he has the head of an elephant.
		Another common depiction of Ganesha is in tandem with Laksmi, the goddess of wealth, or as part of a trio with Laksmi and Sarasvati, the goddess of music.
		Ganesha is sometimes represented as an elephant and is identified with the "sacred white elephant" of Thailand.
	www.luckymojo.com /ganesha.html (1073 words)

	ganesha.html
		Since there is even debating over whether Ganesha was born of his mother (Parvati), born of his father (Shiva) or self-born, one could understand how such a subject could be so hazy.
		Ganesha is often thought of as the mediator for human beings in their relationship with the Divine, and that could explain why you go to Him first.
		Perhaps the whole situation is so intricate, so interwoven in all the stories that make up Ganesha's history, that it just kind of came to be, on its own, that Ganesha is the first one you come to in the time of desparation or new change.
	www.msu.edu /~john1168/lordofbeginnings.html (652 words)

	Ganesha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There's the one about Ganesha and Karthikeya in a sibling competition over who could go faster around the world.
		While Kartikeya clambered onto his peacock and flew off, Ganesha hung around his parents, continued to play and then walked briskly around the divine couple three times, hand folded.
		Ganesha's true wisdom lies in the fact that he is able to control the mouse, to rein it and bring it to rest at his feet.
	www.cs.virginia.edu /~sgd2z/more/gods/ganesha.htm (585 words)

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