lord ganesha

At www.dhrishticreations.com you can buy any number of CDs with different stories related to Ganesha. Lord Ganesha has become a favorite with children after the release of movies like “My friend Ganesha”.

Ganesha is the younger son of Lord Shiva and Mother Goddess, Parvati. Many stories revolve around the birth of this highly invoked god. Ganesha is there throughout the mythological literature related to Hinduism. But we nevertheless should not forget that God stands for humanity and not to a person belonging to a certain religion. No religious ceremony is considered complete without invocation of Ganesha.

Ganesha is favorite with the budding artists. The lord has a body which is unnatural to human form, and artists use a free hand in designing the large rotund belly of Ganpati, his trunk can be turned to any side, and his large years can be made bigger than his head. Two eyes and a trunk also formed out in an Aum shape, symbolize Ganesha.

Like other Hindu Gods, he too supports Sahasranamas. Each name of Ganesha means something different. Slightly different versions of Sahsranamas can be found on Hindu and Sanskrit audio tapes. This is due to their source as either Ganesha Purana or Hindu Scriptures.

Morgaon Ganpati

Lord Mayuresvara

Shri Mayuresvara Mandir is in Pune district, Morgaon, Maharashtra. There are eight temples which are visited by devotees to complete their pilgrimage; this is one out of those eight temples which are dedicated to Ganesha.

Ganesha Purana names Morgaon (Mayurapuri) as one out of the three sacred places to Ganesha. Other two places are in the Brahmanda, while Morgaon is on Prithvi. During Pralaya, end of the Kaliyuga, Ganesha goes into yoganidra at this place.

Lord Mayuresvara has six arms, he is fair in complexion. Normally his vahan is Mushaka, but in Treta Yuga, the third Yuga, he took a fancy to peacock as his vahana. Ganesha was born to Lord Shiva and Parvati after twelve years of penance by Parvati for him to be her son. She prayed for  him and gave birth to him at Lenyadri   (another one out of the 8 temples). Shiva blessed him with the name of Gunesha.

Little Gunesha accidently knocked down a peacock egg from a mango tree. Peacock which emerged out of this broken egg shell became Gunesha’s vahana.

Earlier Morgaon was flocked with numerous peacocks, this also bespeaks for the name of the place.

sidhi vinayak mumbai

Shri Sidhi Vinayak Mumbai

Sidhi Vinayak is none other than Lord Ganesha. Chaturbhuj form of ganpati is worshipped here along with his two wives, Ridhi and Sidhi. Ganesha holds his favorite sweet, Modaks in his lower hand on the right, while the upper hand carries a lotus. The upper left hand has an axe in it; the lower hand carries a rosary.

Ganesha appears in Mumbai with his third eye, like his father Shiva. Snake like thread from the shoulder and then across the belly, makes ganesha appear to be a Brahmin of caste. Idol of the Mumbai Raja is made of black stone in a frame made of brass.

Special hours have been fixed for the Darshan of the idol. Sidhi Vinayak is also known as Ashtavinayak out here.

Temple hours are from four in the morning till 9.45 in the evening. One can avail of live Darshan online.

The temple is built on the place where Lord Vishnu attained Sidhi through his tapa. It is here that he killed two demons Madhu and Kaitabh.
 

chintaman ganesha ujjain

Chintaman ganesha resides in the holy city of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. City of Ujjain is ruled over by Lord Shiva in his powerful visage of Mahakal. He is worshipped as King of Ujjain, and his son Ganesha takes away worries of residents and visitors to Ujjain.

Lord Ganesha temple is believed to have been built around 12th century by the Paramara kings. The self appeared idol of Ganesha is flanked on both sides by his two wives, Riddhi and Siddhi. The ancient temple has provided solace to devotees through the centuries, and still continues to do so. People come from far of places to seek blessings of Vignaharta and Sukhkarta. It is a popular belief among the people, that Lord Ganesha himself constructed this temple by coming on earth.

A peculiar thing about the temple is that, Lord Vishnu resides at the location along with Ganesha. Both the gods are worshipped with reverence at the place.

 

ganesha in movies

Every child is on lookout for Ganesha as his friend. Ganesh is both on the little screen and the big screen. He is there in the animations and also there in films like My Friend Ganesha. Bal Ganesha brings true to life the little lord. Ganesha speaks all languages, he speaks hindi, marathi, tamil, kannada and other regional languages on screen. Bollywood loves Ganesha, and resounds with 'Maurya re bappa maurya re'.

Ganesha appears in almost all  mythological movies, be it a movie on his daughter Santoshi Mata, or the movie on Lord Shiva, his father. Benevolent lord is there in all rituals connected with worship, as he was given the first place for being worshipped before any auspicious Puja ceremony by Shiva, so all religious movies connect to him one way or the other.

 

arti ganesha

jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva

mata jaki parvati pita mahadeva
jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva

ek dant dayavant, chaar bhujadhari
maathe pai sindoor sohe, muse ki sawari

jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva
mata jaki parvati pita mahadeva
jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva

andhon ko aankh det
korian ko kaya
bhanjo ko putra det
nirdhan ko maya

jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva
mata jaki parvati pita mahadeva
jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva

paan chare phool chare
aur chare meva
lodoo on ka bhog lage
sant karen seva

jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva
mata jaki parvati pita mahadeva

jai ganesh jai ganesh jai ganesh deva

ganesha temples

 "Temples are homes to the idols of a deity. And India has many beautiful constructions in this stream."
Ganapatipule is Swayambhu temple of Ganesha. Copper idol of Ganesha is astride a lion. Sun rays fall on the idol every morning.
Karpaka Vinayakar temple is in Pillaiyarpatti, Sweta Vinayakar temple is in Tiruvalanchuzhi. Siddhi Vinayak is located in Mmbai. In Chennai is Varasiddhi Vinayakar temple.