If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.
You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

Ganesha Image

Page history last edited by Cassie 15 years, 5 months ago

Ganesha Image

Ganesha is a best-known and commonly worshipped diety in Hinduism. He is the son of Shiva and Parvati. He is evidently recognizable by his elephant head and four arms. He is widely known as the Remover of Obstacles and all that is Evil, and the Lord of Success.Ganesha ia one of the five prime hindu deities, the other four being Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Durga. He is respected as the lord of knowledge, wisdom and wealth. He's sort of amazing.

A Brief Overview…

•-Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles and the patron of success

•-Ganesha is the son of Shiva and Parvati and is the God of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth

•is the destroyer of evil, pride selfishness, vanity and obstacles

•-Also Ganesha is one of the five prime Hindu deities

How Ganesha Got His Head

•Parvati was bathing and created a boy from the dirt of her body and assigned him the task of guarding the bathroom door. As Shiva came home he was surprised to find a boy denying him access to his own bathroom, enraged he strikes the boys head off. Parvati was grieved, so Shiva ordered his servants to find any sleeping being facing the North and bring back its head. The servants brought back a severed elephants head and attached it to the boys body, thus reviving him. Ganesha was born! He was assigned to lead Shiva’s troops.

This is only one of the stories of how Ganesha was born.

Symbolic Elements Defined…

•Head: Symbolizes “Atman” (the soul) reality of human existence

•Body: Symbolizes “Maya” or earthly existence

•Elephant Head: Denotes wisdom

•Trunk: Represents the “Om” or symbol of cosmic reality

•Right Hand: Goad in hand helps him propel human kind forward and remove obstacles from the way

•Left Hand: Noose, is a gentle implement to capture all difficulties

•Broken Tusk: (Lower right hand) symbol of sacrifice

•Rosary: (Lower Left Hand) suggest that suit of knowledge should be continuous

•Loddoo (sweet) in trunk indicates that one must find sweetness of the “Atman”

•Ears: He is all ears for our petition