Ganesh's Global Presence

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The fact of the matter is that this Ganesh has been worshipped all

over the world from ancient times to date.

In South America the elephant-headed God was a

part of the ancient Mayan pantheon. In North America Red Indians had

a deity closely resembling Ganesh. In the East Ganesh was not only

present in ancient China but had sartorially gone so local that his

pictures show him wearing China silk kurta and pyjama. Even Islamic

countries have not escaped the

inroads of this celebrated symbol of Hinduism. In Indonesia, for

instance, Lord Genesha has recently graced the

newly-printed Rs. 20,000 currency note.

To cap it all, a few years ago some Ganesh

statues of ancient times were excavated in Turkey in which Ganesh not

only wears a fez cap, complete with tassel, but is in a lungi.