Lord Vinayaka:
Lord Vinayaka is said to be the most powerful
gods in Hindu Mythology. He is also known as Siddhi Vinayaka, Ganesha. He is
the lovely son of Mighty Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi. He is the
brother of Kumaraswamy/Karthikeya. Lord Ganesha have 2 wife's siddhi and
buddhi. Lord is most identified because of his elephant head.
He is the remover of Obstacles in any new Beginnings and hence
Hindu's before starting any new work make the Puja of Shri Siddhi Vinayaka with
a bless to have "Avignamasthu". This is even before performing
any other Puja's too. This is performed with making Vinayaka with some turmeric
powder.
Lord
Ganesha, has written “ Mahabharatha” when sage ‘vyasa’ asked him to transcribe
as he dictated it to him. Lord agreed with a condition that it should be
uninterrupted and never be paused till complete. When the lord was writing
uninterruptedly his feather pen broke. To write without interruption lord broke
his tusk and used it as pen so that the transcription could proceed.
Myth Behind the
Birth of Lord:
Once there lived a demon king
Gajasura ( An Asura with elephant characteristics), he performed a deep penance
to get boon from the mighty god Shiva. Pleased with the penance of the demon,
lord appeared before him and asked his wish. Demon wished that he could
generate fire continually from his body so that no one can come near him. Lord
gave the boon and fulfilled his wish.
But, the demon Gajasura didn’t stop performing the penance.
When Lord re-appeared to ask his wish one more time. He asked lord shiva to
live in his stomach. Lord agreed.
Goddess
Parvathi, wife of lord shiva in a worry approaches lord Vishnu on knowing the
grant of this wish. Lord Vishnu, assures her of bringing the Mighty lord back.
He initiates a cosmic game by transforming the bull of shiva, Nandi into a
dancing bull and himself as a flutist. Together they impress the demon. Demon
asks them to make a wish when lord Vishnu asks to liberate Lord shiva from his
stomach.
Demon Gajasura, understanding that the flutist is Lord
Vishnu himself asks him for satisfying two of his wished before he die. One
among is “Everyone should remember me adoring my head” and the other is “You
should wear my skin”.
On accepting the wishes of demon, lord is liberated from his
stomach and demon dies.
Birth of Lord
Vinayaka:
Knowing about the return of Lord
Shiva, Goddess Parvathi wishes to give a warm welcome to her husband. To get
ready she was preparing for bath. She didn’t wish to be disturbed by anyone
while getting ready. So, she takes the turmeric paste from her body and moulds
to a statue. She breathes life into that statue and names him as Ganesha, her
loyal son. Doing so goddess went away for bath.
Lord Shiva returns at the same
time. Seeing at the new charming face of the kid at his place surprises him.
When he wishes to go inside he get interrupted from Ganesha . Lord explains
himself as husband of the goddess. Ganesha takes his blessings but still
doesn’t allow the mighty lord inside.
Lord Shiva in Anger orders his
army to destroy the kid. When the kid defeats the entire army of lord shiva.
Being the son of devi herself he remains undefeated.
Lord Shiva stands surprised for
his courage and strength. Deciding that Ganesha is no ordinary kid he decided
to fight himself. Lord Shiva in his fury of fight cuts the head of Ganesha and
kills him.
Goddess Parvathi, knowing the
destruction of her husband moves in anger and takes the form of DEVI Kalika.
She decides to destroy the entire creation as her son was killed. God Brahma,
who is the creator stops her and asks to re-consider.
She wishes two boons to the
creator-
1.
Ganesha to be brought back to life.
2.
Ganesha to be worshipped before any other god.
Her boons were accepted by Lord Brahma and her husband. Lord
SHIVA sends his army to bring the head of the first creature which is laying
with its head facing north. Shiva’s army bring the head of Gajasura who layed
dead as first creature in their way.
Lord Shiva places the head of Gajasura and Lord Brahma
breathes the life into him. Lord shiva declares him as his own son and leader
of all ganas ( classes of beings), Ganapati.
Story of Moon and Vinayaka
One day, lord Shiva was offered
for a feast from Kubera. Lord Shiva asked him to serve Lord Vinayaka instead of
him. Kubera served Lord Vinayaka with great devotion and respect. Lord Vinayaka
had his appetite more than required and reached mount kailash. Lord Vinayaka
was short, with his elephant head and big stomach. He was not able to walk and
his stomach broke open. Goddess Parvathi ties his stomach with snakes. when the
Moon god looks at him and laughs. Looking at this in anger, lord curses moon,”
whoever sees you will be not believed by anyone and unknowingly gets screwed on
unknown issues”.
Listening to this moon starts
pleading for mercy and remedy near Lord Vinayaka. Pleased Lord, forgives him
and withdraws his curse saying,” whoever sees you on my birthday i.e.,
“Badrapadha sukla chavithi” without performing Vinayaka Chavithi vratham will
be applicable for this curse.
Moon god with a happy heart
performs the puja and gets all the benefits.
In dwapara yuga, Lord Krishna
have seen the face of moon in milk and gets blamed for killing the Prasena.
Understanding his mistake Lord Krishna performs the Vinayaka Chavithi puja and
proves himself innocent. He married Jambavathi while proving his innocence and
Satyabhama later to proving his innocence. He is also given with Samanthakamani
which is the cause of this blame.
During this festival, lord
vinayaka’s idol made of clay, gold, silver etc., based on our effort needs to
be used. He has to be devoted with his favorite Lotus flowers and served with
different types of sweets and food items. This festival is celebrated for 10
days starting from his birthday. The last day with more celebrations the idol
is immersed in a nearby river or sea with all respect.
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