Perhaps the most intriguing is Ganesha, a four-armed, elephant-headed god often depicted with a jolly expression and colored ...

Since time immemorial, Lord Ganesha has been called the ‘elephant-headed deity’. From pictures to idols, it is shown that he has the features and face of a baby elephant, and through his ...

The elephant-headed god is always accompanied by a tiny mouse or a mooshak. Although in some of his avatars he does trade his mouse for another vaahana , his traditional form always has a mooshak ...

A Hindu woman tells the story of Ganesh, the elephant-headed god of prosperity and wisdom. Ganesh is also revered as the Remover of Obstacles. There is always a rat present in pictures of him ...

Ganesh Chaturthi is an important Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha and falls in the month of Bhadrapada. It falls either in August or September as per ...

Lord Ganesha, the God of wisdom and knowledge ... about Lord Ganesha comes in the form of the argument that he was not elephant-headed, but rather had the head of one of Shiva’s Ganas (the ...

marking the birth of the deity Ganesha, the elephant-headed, round-bellied god of prosperity and wisdom. The 10-day festivities saw worshipers hoist elaborately painted clay idols of Ganesha ...

One of the tallest statues of Lord Shiva in the world is the Kailashnath Mahadev Statue, which is situated in Nepal. This ...

He always looks forward to photographing the annual Ganesh Festival. Every year for 10 days, Mumbai immerses itself in a frenzy of paying homage to the elephant-headed god Ganesha, the Hindu deity ...