Ganesha Practice (Sadhana)

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The Ganesha Practice (Sadhana)

Ganesha's special day is called Ganesha chatur or chaturti, Ganesha fourth. Four

is an inauspicious number, but as far as Ganesha is concerned that doesn't

matter, because he is a Tantrik deity and things are not what they seem.

Ganesha's chatur is calculated as the fourth day of the moons bright fortnight,

or period from new moon. The Ganesha moon starts in the lunar month Bhadrapada

(August/September).

It is normal to celebrate this festival for five, seven, ten or twenty one days.

In the tradition of the right hand path the first day is the most important. In

the left hand path tradition the final day is most important. You may if you

wish, do something for the days leading unto Ganesha feast day. At the very

least establish a special altar with the appropriate things - lights and

mirrors and the most common of flowers.

Eight is a sacred number to Ganesha. His mythical life story tells us that he

has links with eight 'demonic' (16) elephant guardians. The eight male

elephants could be visualised as direction guardians, with Shiva and Parvati

guarding the upper and lower realms. Their names are:

Kamasura (Love), Krodasura (anger), Lobhasura (greed), Mohasura (delusion),

Matasura (intoxication), Mamasura (ego (17)), Abhimasura (attachment to life

(18)), and Istasura (self chosen demon (19)).

Seed mantra is GAN: Om Ganesha - ya namah

Ganesha rupa

You may like to install a special consecrated image (rupa) of Ganesha, made of

worthless plaster.(1) This is traditional, and in Maharashtra state, which is

the main centre of the Ganesha cult in India, craftsmen produce hundreds of

thousands of these images every year. The image should be painted with care so

that it becomes an object of real value. This talisman should be destroyed at

the end of the working which should be on Ganesha's fourth (chata). In India,

this is commonly done by submerging the image in the sea or a local river.

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