Guest guest Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 This is from the www.tributetohinduism.com mob .. BB AY Ganesha - The Lord of Beginnings Lord Ganesha, popularly known and easily recognized as the Elephant-God, is one of the most important deities of the Hindu patheon. Before every undertaking, be it laying of the foundation of a house, or opening of a store or beginning any other work, Lord Ganesha is first worshipped so at to invoke his blessings. Ganesha has many names. The main ones are Ganapati (lord of the ganas, or attendants), Vighneshwara (controller of all obstacles), Vinayaka (the prominent leader), Gajaanana (elephant-faced), Lambodara (pendant-bellied), and Ekdanta (having one tusk). Lord Ganesha - the lord of beginnings (source: Indian Art - By Vidya Dehejia) Lord Ganesha, also called Ganapati or Vinayaka, is presented in the form of a human body with the head of an elephant. This blend of human and animal parts is a symbolic representation of a perfect human being, as conceived by Hindu sages. His head symbolizes wisdom, understanding, and a discriminating intellect that one must possess to attain perfection in life. By worshipping Ganesha, a Hindu seeks God's blessings for achieving success in one's endeavors in the physical world and for attaining perfection thereafter. Hence, Hindus worship Ganesha to seek God's blessings before beginning such activities. Lord Ganesha is the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati (a form of Goddess Durga). The other son of Lord Shiva is Karttikeya also known as Muruga, Skanda, Subramanya, Shanmukha. Ganesha has got two wives, one named Siddhi (Success) and the other named Riddhi (Prosperity). One who pleases the Lord, automatically comes in the good books of his two wives. Ganesha, the embodiment of wisdom, is also depicted as the scribe to whom sage Vyasa dictated the Mahabharata. He is accepted as the god of learning and the patron of letters. Ganesha was born on the fourth day of the month of Bhadrapad, the sixth month of the Hindu lunar calendar. In the south, especially in Maharashtra people celebrate 'Ganesh Chaturthi' by buying or making of clay image of Ganesha, worshipping the idol at home or a community center and then taking it in a procession to be immersed in a river, lake or sea. Ganesha has been a major deity, since the seventh and eighth centuries, in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is from Vinayaka that the old Myanmar name for Ganesha, Mahapinary purha, was derived. Other names with a similar meaning occur frequently in Cambodian inscriptions, such as Vighnesha and Vignesvara, both of which mean "Lord of removing obstacles". Ganesha was extremely popular in the art of Indonesian islands, especially of Sumatra and Java and compare favorably with the eighth-century Ellora caves, in images, style and iconography. At Candi Sukuh in central Java, a remarkable fifteenth century relief shows three figures, with a dancing Ganesha in the centre. There are paintings and stone sculptures of the deity found in China, apart from the textual references to Ganesha in the Chinese Buddhist canon. In Japan, there is the Shingon ritual practice that centers on Ganesha, with texts tracing back to China. In the Tibetan Buddhism, the practice associated with Ganesha, as Buddhist Tantric deity, survives up to this day. In Jainism Ganesha occasionally found a place alongside Mahabir. The Tibetan Ganesha appears, besides bronzes, in the resplendent Thangka paintings alongside the Buddha. In a single Kathmandu valley of Nepal, there are four principal manifestations of "Binayak" in a protective role: Ashok, Surya, Chandra and Bighna. In that valley, Ganapati guards the Buddhist viharas where bhajans are sung in his praise. The Sold.com.au Big Brand Sale - New PCs, notebooks, digital cameras, phones and more ... Sale ends June 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2002 Report Share Posted June 4, 2002 Namaste! And Thanks! I love the first picture of Ganesha!!! I'll have to print that one out. And I love the second and the way it breaks down all the attributes! Is there something wrong with their server? (www.tributetohinduism.com) I'm getting a "The page cannot be displayed" error. Blessings, Stark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2002 Report Share Posted June 4, 2002 Namaste Stark Gald you liked it. Try this... http://www.atributetohinduism.com/index.htm All their links are at their top left side of the url. The one on Ganesha is from.. http://www.atributetohinduism.com/Symbolism_in_Hinduism.htm BB AY > Namaste! And Thanks! > > I love the first picture of Ganesha!!! I'll have to print that one > out. > > And I love the second and the way it breaks down all the attributes! > > Is there something wrong with their server? > (www.tributetohinduism.com) > I'm getting a "The page cannot be displayed" error. > > Blessings, > > Stark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2002 Report Share Posted June 4, 2002 Salutations Yogiji, Grrreat to have you around again! Jai Ganesh Sy , "l08aum" <l08aum> wrote: > Namaste Stark > > Gald you liked it. > > Try this... > > http://www.atributetohinduism.com/index.htm > > All their links are at their top left side of the url. > > The one on Ganesha is from.. > > http://www.atributetohinduism.com/Symbolism_in_Hinduism.htm > > BB AY > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2002 Report Share Posted June 6, 2002 Thank you! Much appreciated. I will look as soon as I get a chance. Work is taking over at the moment. Namaste, Stark , "l08aum" <l08aum> wrote: > Namaste Stark > > Gald you liked it. > > Try this... > > http://www.atributetohinduism.com/index.htm > > All their links are at their top left side of the url. > > The one on Ganesha is from.. > > http://www.atributetohinduism.com/Symbolism_in_Hinduism.htm > > BB AY > > > > Namaste! And Thanks! > > > > I love the first picture of Ganesha!!! I'll have to print that one > > out. > > > > And I love the second and the way it breaks down all the attributes! > > > > Is there something wrong with their server? > > (www.tributetohinduism.com) > > I'm getting a "The page cannot be displayed" error. > > > > Blessings, > > > > Stark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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