Ganesh's Global Presence

01-30-2001, 05:29 PM

The fact of the matter is that this Ganesh has been worshipped all
over the world from ancient times to date.
In South America the elephant-headed God was a
part of the ancient Mayan pantheon. In North America Red Indians had
a deity closely resembling Ganesh. In the East Ganesh was not only
present in ancient China but had sartorially gone so local that his
pictures show him wearing China silk kurta and pyjama. Even Islamic
countries have not escaped the
inroads of this celebrated symbol of Hinduism. In Indonesia, for
instance, Lord Genesha has recently graced the
newly-printed Rs. 20,000 currency note.
To cap it all, a few years ago some Ganesh
statues of ancient times were excavated in Turkey in which Ganesh not
only wears a fez cap, complete with tassel, but is in a lungi.