Ganesha - The Elephant God of Hinduism - See U in History

ganisha is the famous elephant headed Hindu god he is evidently one of the most popular figures in the Hindu Pantheon as he is associated with wisdom and success but he didn't always have the appearance that we know today when he was born the God had a human head ganisha was crafted from the oils and herbs used to cleanse parvati's body from this material she molded an idol in the shape of a boy parva created ganisha so that he would guard her Palace door while the goddess bathed the young God was born while Shiva his mother's

husband was on one of his trips therefore neither recognized each other as father and son ganisha had a strong attachment to his mother he was always protecting her and was sometimes jealous and overly protective one day while the goddess PVA was bathing ganisha shielded his mother's privacy by preventing any entry into the palace while parva was cooling off Shiva her husband returned from his trip and wanted to meet his wife again but as he tried to approach his wife ganisha stopped the god the god feeling outraged demanded that the young man get out of the

way but ganisha who had no idea what that man was up to told the Invader that he would not allow another step the two gods clashed and the younger man fought bravely showing great talent Shiva was Furious and decapitated the boy's head with his Trident parva hearing the noise of the quarrel ran to her son's Aid and was horrified to find him lying on the ground headless heartbroken parva demanded that Shiva resuscitate her son otherwise she would assume the form of Durga the warrior goddess and vent her Fury to and his wife's sadness Shiva decided

to resurrect ganisha but now the young man needed a new head Shiva ordered his servants known as ghas to bring the head of the first animal that came along the elephant was the first and so it was the animal chosen by the ghas they brought the animal's head to Shiva who agreed that it was a head worthy of the son of the Gods putting it where the decapitated head used to be ganesha's life was restored despite his exotic appearance the young God seemed incredibly pleased with his unique appearance Shiva and parva together created the young

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