Guest guest Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 September 7th, 2005 is Maha Ganesh Chaturthi. I have ordered a copy of Swamiji's Ganesh Puja book to help me perform a ritual on this holiday. A friend says he has heard a tape of Deepak Chopra interviewing Shree Maa, and early in the tape Maa sings or chants Narada Rishi's shloka giving the 12 names of Ganesha. I am looking to see if this tape is still available. I would love to hear a tape of Maa chanting the Atharva Shirsha, which praises Ganesh as being beyond the three Qualities (Gunas), and containing the five Elements (Bhutas). The tweleve names of Ganesha can be chanted at dawn and dusk, to bring about blessings and remove obstacles. They are: Om Vakratundaya namah [having a twisted trunk] Om Ekadantaya namah [one tusked] Om Krishnapingakshaya namah [with dark brown eyes] Om Gajavaktraya namah [with elephant's mouth] Om Lambodaraya namah [with pot-belly] Om Vikataya namah [outrageous-looking] Om Vighnarajaya namah [king over obstacles] Om Dhumravarnaya namah [smoky colored] Om Balachandraya namah [bearing a crescent moon] Om Vinayakaya namah [mighty leader] Om Ganapataye namah [lord of categories] Om Gajananaya namah [with elephant's face] "Ishvaraputram namo namah" (To Lord Shiva's son, I bow again and again!) -- Len/ Kalipadma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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