Shayari

Lord Ganapathi
The Indian festival ‘Lord Ganesh Chaturthi’. Learn about how the festival is celebrated by the Hindus.
Ganesh Chaturti is a festival that is celebrated for Lord Ganesh, the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Lord Ganesha is the elephant headed deity of Hinduism. Ganesh Chaturti is a very important festival that is celebrated widely in India over a period of ten days. The festival usually falls around the month of August or September. The Hindus believe that praying to Lord Ganesh during the festival will bring good luck and prosperity for the family. In addition to this Lord Ganesh is known to be a deity who protects people from obstacles in their lives.
Legend-

How did the festival come about? The legend goes that there was a monster called Gajasura, a powerful monster was also a devotee of Lord Shiva. It seemed that the monster prayed for many years and as a result Lord Shiva, who was touched, granted him a boon. But the cunning monster asked Shiva to reside in his stomach. Since he had no choice, Lord Shiva granted his boon and went inside the belly of the monster.

Parvati, Shiva’s wife, who was searching for her husband, became frantic with worry and went to Lord Vishnu for help. Lord Vishnu, who assured Parvati that he would find Shiva, disguised himself as a street player and set out with Nandi, the sacred bull of Shiva, to find Shiva.

When they reached the monster Gajasura’s kingdom, Nandi danced to please the monster. The monster that was pleased to see the bull dancing he decided to reward the bull.

Nandi, the bull, asked for Lord Shiva as a reward and this made Gajasura realize that the street player was Lord Vishnu. He also realized that Lord Shiva couldn’t live in his belly forever and thus freed Lord Shiva. After that, he prayed to Shiva to make him immortal. To grant him the wish, Shiva severed Gajasura’s head and carried the head with him.