Vinayaka | Ganesha | Kangiten | Gajanana

Ganesha | Vinayaka | Vigneshwara | Gajanana:

• Ganesha | Ganesh also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshiped deities in the Hindu Pantheon.He is the son of Parvati and Shiva of the Shaivism tradition.
• As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies.Ganesha is also invoked as a patron of letters and learning during writing sessions.
• The earliest Ganesha images are without a vahana(mouse/vehicle)On the eight incarnations of Ganesha described in Mudgala Purana, Ganesha usesa mouse in five of them.
• In Mohotkata incarnation, Lion as Vakratunda.Mayuresvara incarnation, Peacock as Vikata. Dhumraketu incarnation uses Horse. Gajanana uses Mouse, listed in Ganesha Purana.
•  In Japan Ganesha used to called as Kangiten or Vinayakaten.

Paintings of Ganesha| Vinayaka | Ganpathy | Lambodara:

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