11 Interesting Facts about Lord Ganesha | Ganesh Chaturthi
Hindus believe that Ganesh is "the remover of all obstacles," and before any ceremony or new event, they worship to him, that his blessing would make things go well and through.
Ganesh is seen with numerous animal mounts, but a mouse is one of the most popular vahana. According to Hindu myth, A demon called ‘Mooshikasura’ is thought to have caused chaos on the earth and the gods had appointed Lord Ganesha to fight against him. Since then the ‘Mooshak’ is considered to be Lord Ganesha’s vahana.
2. The body of the Lord Ganesha is green and red in color, according to Shiva Maha Purana!
3. Birth of Lord Ganesha
According to Shivpurana, creating Lord Ganesha was a suggestion of Parvati's friends Jaya and Vijaya. They had recommended to Parvati that Nandi and others would only obey Lord Shiva's orders. And there should be somebody who always observes the instructions of Parvati. But Parvati made Ganesha out of her body's ashes.
4. Goddess Parvati had kept Punyak fast for a baby boy according to Brahmavavart Puran. Only as a result of this fast, Lord Krishna came to Parvati in the disguise of a baby child.
5. Lord Ganesha Is Worshipped in Countries Like Thailand, Cambodia, China, Japan, Nepal & Afghanistan
6. The Moon was cursed by Lord Ganesha:
It is considered unlucky to look at the moon during Chaturthi. The myth behind this is that Ganesha was riding back home on his vahana ‘Mooshak’ but the mouse stumbled upon a snake and tripped Lord Ganesha. With him, fell all his feast/laddoos on the ground, and watching this the Moon burst into laughter. Lord Ganesha was furious because of the moon and he threw a tooth at him and cursed the moon that he can never shine again.
The Moon subsequently begged forgiveness and the curse was lifted.
7. The First Celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi
The first celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi is dated back from the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaja reign. The Peshwas have continued to observe the festival. However, during 1893 the festival was reinstated by the independence fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
8. Lord Ganesha wrote down the Mahabharata while Ved Vyas narrated it
It is believed that Ganesha is the original writer of the Mahabharata. Ved Vyas, the author of Mahabharata narrated the whole epic to Ganesha and asked him to pen it down without any interruption
9. Ganesha’s Broken Tusk:
Another tale suggests Ganesha broke his tusk and then used it to write down the remainder of Mahabharata when the quill of feather broke down in between. This is one of the reasons why most Ganesh idols have broken tusk.
10. Lord Ganesha is considered to have eight incarnations, according to Mudgala, Purana.
Vakratunda, Ekdanta, Mahodara, Gajavaktra, Lambodara, Vikata, Vighnaraja and Dhumravarna.
11. Tulsi cursed Ganesha:
Tulsi Devi got attracted to Lord Ganesha after seeing him meditate on the banks of the river Ganga. Tulsi asked Ganesha to marry her, but he declined. Tulsi cursed Ganesha in rage that he would soon marry and Ganesha cursed her in turn that she will become a plant.
Bonus Fact!
Ganesha married 2 daughters of Prajapati, Riddhi and Siddhi with whom he had 2 sons named Kşema (prosperity) and Lābha (profit).
They are also referred to as Shubha and Labha in the north Indian version.
The story of Ganesha and Kubera:
One tale, taken from the Purana, describes that one day the treasurer of Swarga (paradise) and god of prosperity, Lord Kubera, went to Mount Kailash to receive Shiva's darshan (vision) and invite him and Mata Parvati to a feast he was hosting. He was excessively proud, he invited Shiva to a feast in his glorious city, Alakapuri, to show him all his riches. Shiva grinned and said, "I can't come, but you can invite my son Ganesha, but I'll warn you he has an insatiable hunger." Kubera was very confident that he would satisfy the hunger of a little kid and took Ganesha to his city. After the welcoming rites were performed the feast was served. There were all varieties of delicious cuisines.
Little Ganesha ate all the food cooked for the guests and he kept calling
for more. Kubera sent his men to the nearby villages to get more food, but
Ganesha's hunger could not even be satisfied. Lord Ganesha finally ate the
nearby utensils, furniture and other items. “If you don’t give me more food, I
will eat you too,” said Ganesha to Kubera.
Frightened and desperate, Kubera ran to Mount Kailasha to seek help from
Lord Shiva and Parvati. Mata Parvati gave him a fistful of rice and told him to
offer it to Ganesha with Love. Kubera returned to his city and gave the rice to
Ganesha, after which instantly Ganesha was satisfied and calmed. Hence Kubera
realized his mistake after consulting with Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati. Kubera learned that he had become proud, greedy and just wanted to show off his wealth
to the guests.
Very interesting. Some of which I came to know today :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Kaku, glad you liked the post :)
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