Tips To Remember While Worshiping Lord Ganesha

Lord Ganesh is the son of the lord Shiva and goddess Parvathi. But it is said he was not born out of conception. Instead, his mother made him out of clay and gave him life.

He was acting as a watchman to his mother’s home diligently. And when the lord shiva the husband of parvathi came, he did not allow him to enter. Lord shiva tries to convince him but out of innocence, still he does not oblige out of sheer love and respect for his mother. Then out of rage of being disrespectful to him, lord shiva beheads him and burns the head. Learning this goddess parvathi requested to give him life back. Then shiva asks to bring the head of any living being in certain direction and his aides find a dying elephant. This elephant head is brought to give life to ganesha’s motionless body.

So lord shiva gave him life but with an elephant head fixed to his neck.

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A Hindu god with a head of an elephant and body of a human, Ganesha is the top deity in all the Hindu beliefs. He is a symbol of prosperity, luck, and wisdom. Hindu families worship Ganesha as they consider him to remove all the obstacles in their lives. Lord Ganesha is believed to control the ‘muladhara chakra’ of our body, one that intersects with our material and spiritual inner worlds. He is said to give us all the material and aesthetic experiences that we have between our birth and death.

To worship Lord Ganesha, one requires having his idol or a photograph, without which, one will be unable to start offering prayers. Tip: It is very important to research a little before you purchase an idol or a photo of Lord Ganesha. There are few gestures, features, and embellishments that you need to take care of. Here are a few things to remember: A) His main specification is the elephant head on top of a human body. B) He has a trident tattoo on his forehead, symbolically referring to the three phases - past, present, and future. C) He also has one broken tusk on his elephant head.