But did you know that, according to the Mudgala Purana, Ganesha took eight avatars or incarnations to save the world from demons who personified a dosha or shortcoming in human nature? These doshas ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Lord Ganesha, the God of wisdom and knowledge, and the remover of all obstacles, is someone people love, adore, bring home with joy, and send back with tears. Through Ganesh Chaturthi and Ganesh ...

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 ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — A large idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha sat in the back of an open truck traveling along a busy Mumbai street, dwarfing other objects on the road. Hundreds of ...

For example, the manuals say that basil is favored by the Hindu god Vishnu but should never be offered to the god Ganesha.

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