VAKRATUNDA MAHAKAYA SURYAKOTI SAMAPRABHA
NIRVIGNAM KURUMEDEV SARVA KARYASHU KADACHINA !!


Shurpakarna, Lambodara,Dhumra varna, Ekdanta

The enlightened soul of Upanishads and Vedanta

Let me pray and pledge

To spread and seek knowledge

From the worlds greatest epic,

That truth wins, every dawn and dusk

Which you wrote with your broken tusk.

When kartikeya rode on the peacock

Travelling the universe in a flick

You with intelligence and trick

Encircled your parents thrice

Spell-bound the scholars and the wise

Neither hymns, gospels nor the verses

Could challenge your brainpower in the universe

Vakratunda, vinayaka, Vignaharta, Vigneshwara

Through mischief taught Kubera

Never to vigorously ride

On the horse of never ending pride

Your body is a message to mankind

For thousand of devotees to find

Carry the strength of an elephant

But never to harm even and ant

Be calm and humble

For wealth and power do crumble

O Ganesha, Gananayak, Ganaraj, Ganapathy

In this hi tech world of communication

Please do not ignore this telepathy

O Gauriputra, O mighty son of Parvati

From desires and greed set me free

Let through your conch, virtue flow

Passing through my mind and blow

Into the thousand heart and soul

And like lamp each face glow

With love, peace and fun

With radiance of a million sun,

May your blessing shower on us,

O Gajamukh, Gajaraj, Gajabadan, Gajannan !

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Importance of Lord Ganesha can be known very easily, for you will never find a single temple without a Ganesha idol , a prayer without lord Ganeshas name in the beginning and add to it, ‘Grah pravesh’ ( house warming ) without

Prayer to Ganapathy is impossible.

In southern part of India, a child never goes to school, till a ritual to pray Ganapati and followed by Saraswati (Goddesses of learning) is performed.

Lord Ganapathy is the representative of good luck or the ‘luck factor’ which we mortals needs for our wishes and actions to bear fruits.

Though there are several mythological stories connected to Lord Ganesh, I would like summarize and inform a few required for my poem.

Ekdanta – the name means ‘one with a single tusk’

Lord Ganesh lost his tusk for several reasons –

1. He fought a battle with Parshuram (an incarnation of Mahavishnu)

2. Chandra (moon –god) was cursed by Lord Ganesha for teasing and

In anger he broke his tusk and threw it on the moon, which they say resulted

In waxing and waning.

3. When the great sage Vyasa wanted someone to write the greatest epic Mahabarathta non stop and with due understanding of the story, Lord Brahma the creator of the universe suggested Ganeshas name.

When Ganapati started writing the greatest epic with the pen-stick, the tip of the stick broke, and then he broke his tusk to continue writing without breaking the sequence and kept his promise to sage Vyasa.

4. Once Kuber (treasurer of heaven) in his pride to flaunt the wealth he owns invited all the gods and goddesses for a meal. Young Ganesha was also invited. It’s said that

All the guest had filled up the stomach and walked happy rejoicing, but Ganesha demand for the more and more food left Kubera with nothing as, later Ganesha started eating up everything that Kuber offered the plate , utensils and then ready to eat up his wealth and finally the host himself . Poor Kuber had to find shelter in kailasa.

Thus Ganesha emptied up kuber’s pride!

5. Once Narada the sage entered kailasa with a mango (different fruits and food products are found to be mentioned) and there he found two tiny claimers for the gift,

Ganapathy and his elder brother Kartikeya

Narada kept a condition that the one, who could travel the universe three times and reach first deserves the gift.

Kartikeya jumped on his vehicle (peacock) and started moving

When he had covered two times and ready for the third time, Ganapathy got up and encircled around his parents thrice

Narada gave the mango to Ganapathy without any argument
Thus Lord Ganesha is the master of all logic and reasons

ASHTAVINAYAK TEMPLES

This is a set of eight Ganesha temples in situated in various districts of Maharshtra state in India. The word ‘ashta’ means eight and Vinayak is one of the names of Lord Ganesha

The journey of these temples can be completed in two days and comfortably in three days

These Ganesh idols are believed to be ‘Swayambu’ i.e. arise by accident or with a purpose as mentioned in Hindu mythology.

Though this journey can start from any of the points the most comfortable one which I found to be was as follows

Starting from Kalyan or Panvel district

  1. Pali ( Shri Ballaleshwar )
  2. Mahad ( Shri Varad vinayak )
  3. Theur ( Shri Chintamani )
  4. Morgav ( Shri Mayureshwar )
  5. Siddhetek ( Shri Siddhi vinayak)
  6. Ranjan gav ( Shri Maha ganapathy)
  7. Ozhar ( Shri Vigneshwar )
  8. Lenyadri ( Shri Girijatmaj)

Please note – the names of the villages, and in bracket, names of the Ganesh idols in various forms.

dear friends ……….I arranged this pics from the net in a sequence ……..so that ………there are many who DO NOT understand in words …………..our festivals , our culture , our tradition is important ………but equally, it is our responsibility to save the world , save the sacredness of our planet……………….
So let us change for better stop using themocol, plastic, clay and let us use decomposable items such as papers and cardbords , colors which are eco friendly …………….on this ganesh festivals let us avoid noise pollution and maha arti………..
let us pray that all such destructive set of people attain ’satbuddhi’.

GANAPATI BAPPA MORYA !

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