Who is Elder?

Ganesha and His brother Lord Subramanya(Murugan) once had a dispute as to who was the elder of the two. The matter was referred to Lord Shiva for final decision. Shiva decided that whoever would make a tour of the whole world and come back first to the starting point had the right to be the elder. Subramanya flew off at once on his vehicle, the peacock, to make a circuit of the world. But the wise Ganesha went, in loving worshipfulness, around His divine parents and asked for the prize of His victory Lord Shiva said, "Beloved and wise Ganesha! But how can I give you the prize; you did not go around the world?" Ganesha replied, "No, but I have gone around my parents. My parents represent the entire manifested universe!" Thus the dispute was settled in favour of Lord Ganesha, who was thereafter acknowledged as the elder of the two brothers. Mother Parvati also gave Him a fruit as a prize for this victory

Curse of the moon

One day while travelling round the universe on his rat, Ganesha came to Chandraloka on his rat, Ganesha came to Chandraloka(the realm of the Moon). The Moon saw him. The Moon, very handsome, was proud of his appearance. On seeing the elephantfaced, big-bellied Ganapati riding on a rat, he- laughed at Ganesha with contempt. This was an insult and Ganesha was very angry about the Moon.

His eyes grew red He pronounced a curse "Oh Moon, your handsome appearance has made you too handsome appearance has made you too vain. Fool, I am worshipped in all the worlds, but you laugh at me. Receive now the fruits of your foolish pride. Let your beauty, which is the cause for your arrogance and ignorance vanishing! From now on, whoever sees you on the fourth day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada month, the day of my birth, will suffer because of unjust accusations." The curse shattered the Moon's pride.

He realized his mistake, and felt sorry. Standing devotedly with folded hands Standing devotedly with folded hands before Ganesha he prayed to him. "Sir, forgive me and my ignorance. Take back the curse and protect me." forgive me and my ignorance. Take back the curse and protect me." Then the kind Ganesha grew calm. He consoled the unhappy Moon. He said,"Moon, you have realized your fault. What is important is the destruction of your pride. Anyhow, my curse cannot be in vain But those who are subjected to false accusations will be saved and regain their good name if they see you on the second good name if they see you on the second day of the bright fortnight also or listen to the story of the Syamantaka gem." The Moon was satisfied. day of the bright fortnight also or listen to day of the bright fortnight also or listen to the story of the Syamantaka gem." The Moon was satisfied.

Vinayagar aka Ganesha

According to Hinduism, God Paramporul, Sivam, Brahmam, or the Supreme is absolute. The first prayer of a Hindu is always to Vinayagar. Vinayagar is invoked at the beginning of all ritualistic workship. He is invoked before a family moves into a house.

Vinayagar the Paramporul

There are countless Vinayagar temples, eventhough we have dedicated temple for all God. None of the temple will be there without Ganesha. Hindus have a practise to put a sign or notation at the top of any page such as account book, test paper, etc called "pillayar suzhi" or "pillayar suli". Which means that they are handing over all the burdens to Lord Ganesha, believing that He will take care of everything. He is also called as Lord of obstacles as well as the Remover of obstacles. Which mean that He will not allow people to do sin or evil(Lord of obstacles) and He wil not allow anybody to be an obstacle when they do right thing(Remover of obstacles).

Different Names of Vinayagar:

Different Names of Vinayagar: Vinayagar has many names and been called by many names I will list out few names below
1)Ganapathi (Lord of Siva's attendants)
2)Vinayagan(No leader for him)
3)Pilayar
 4)Vigneswaran(Lord of obstacles and Remover of obstacles).

5)Gajamugha(Elephant Face)

Ganesha symbolism

Tale of Vinayagar Chathurthi

Vinayagar Chathurthi means Birth of Vinayagar. Parvathi(Mother Godess) the wife of Lord Shiva was thinking of taking bath but none of Her attendants were there. So, she created  a human figure from unguent and balm. Then with Her power she gave life to the figure. She ordered the human figure to guard the door while she was taking bath. In addition She also told the figure not to allow anyone to enter the home. The figure accepted and followed her orders. While Parvathi was taking bath, Lord Shiva(Husband of Parvathi) after a long Meditation on Mountain Kailash,came to home and  he was surprised to find a stranger denying him access to enter his home. And struck off the boy's head in rage.  Later, He came to know that the boy is Parvathi's creation. For fear of enraging his wife, Shiva ordered his ganas(attendants) to get him the head of the first living creature that they could find. Unfortunately, the Ganas saw an elephant first. Ganas as instructed, chopped the head of the elephant and brought it to Lord Shiva. Then He placed the head on the boy's body and gave him the life back. After bathing Parvathi, came out of the home and she found a boy with an elephant head. She asked who is that boy(in tamil it is called as "pillai yaaru" means who is that boy"). From which Shiva named Parvathi's son as "Pillayar" This elephant-headed god was welcomed into the first family of the Hindu Heavens and named Ganesha or Ganapathi, which literally means the chief of the ganas, or the attendants of Shiva. This brave guardian of the door to Parvathi's bath is beheld today as the most aspicious God of new beginnings.

The story of the birth of this zoomorphic deity, as depicted in the Shiva Purana

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Jai Ganesh

Jai Ganesh, jai Ganesh, jai Ganesh deva
Mata jaki Parvati, pita Mahadeva.

Ek dant dayavant, char bhuja dhari
Mathe par tilak sohe, muse ki savari

Pan chadhe, phul chadhe, aur chadhe meva
Ladduan ka bhog lage, sant kare seva.

Jai Ganesh, jai Ganesh, jai Ganesh deva,
Mata jaki Parvati, pita Mahadeva...

Andhan ko ankh det, kodhin ko kaya
Banjhan ko putra det, nirdhan ko maya

Surya shaam sharan aye, safal kije seva.
Jai Ganesh, jai Ganesh, jai Ganesh deva,
Mata jaki Parvati, Pita Mahadeva

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