How Was Shri Ganesh Born?

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Your question will do for now. The answer: Technically yes from a

Tantric aspect. How many mothers will not fly into a rage when

their beloved kid's head is cut off? Can you hear the primal scream?

 

Unless of course if a mother feels no maternal bond with her child

in the physical sense after he/she was born, and hence neglects or

abandons the child. Sadly this is the case in many human lives

during samsara. Even animals, creatures of God, may reject their

newborn calves, for example.

 

 

, james richard <nhraddude71>

wrote:

> The first one will suffice. I got a question for you. If you make

Parvati rathfull (such as by cutting her sons head off) does she not

become Kali?

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Jim

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> Aum Ganesh <aumganesh> wrote:

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> How Was Shri Ganesh Born?

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> (From Deepa H)

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> There are many interesting myths, and most of them do not agree

with each other, on the story of how Ganesa came to be born and how

he got his elephant head.

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> According to one, Parvati, the consort of Siva – the destroyer in

the Hindu Trinity, was getting ready for her bath. She paused a

moment. Yes, she could be disturbed if somebody barged in, she

thought. Taking the sandalwood paste and sweat off her body she

created a beautiful little baby boy. "Keep guard," she told

him, "and do not let anyone enter."

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> Ganesa stood his ground. So duty bound was he that he e even

refused entry to Lord Siva. The Lord tried most means and finally in

indignation even told him that he was the husband. Ganesa would not

relent. A war was waged between the young boy and many attendants of

Siva. Some gods too came running to help.

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> Finally Ganesa's head was severed. Parvati, hearing all the

commotion, came running out and flew into a rage when she saw the

little boy's head severed. Lord Vishnu, the protector, Siva and many

others of the pantheon did not know how to face the woman's rage.

Instantly Siva sent emissaries to look for the first sleeping figure

with his head to the north. An elephant was found. Its head was

severed and attached to the little boy.So Lord

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> Shiva re-created his son with the head of the elephant. Hence the

trunk of Lord Ganesha. Parvathi was still not totally happy so Shiva

granted Ganesha a boon that before beginning of any undertaking or

task people would worship Lord Ganesh. Thus the reason for worship

of Ganesha before start of any work.

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> Another version says that Lord Siva and Parvati were making love,

when Lord Vishnu looked for mischief. He pretended to be a thirsty

old man and knocked at Siva's door, asking for water. The couple

rose in a hurry to fulfil the request of the old man. After drinking

the water, Vishnu assumed the form of a little child and lay on

their bed where he mingled with Siva's seed. This child came to be

called Ganesa.

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> According to one myth, Siva and Parvati assumed the forms of

elephants and wandered about many forests, trumpeting with others

who were elephants by birth. Their names were Matanga and Matangi.

Their child was Ganesa.

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> There are many stories about how Ganesha got his elephant head,

and about his exploits and antics. He was created as an ordinary

boy, but was decapitated in battle. Shiva's emissaries were sent

into the forest and told to get the head of the first animal they

found and to fit that head onto the boy's neck. They found a little

elephant, and it worked!

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> There is one more story that we all have heard from the legends,

When the Gods lived on the earth, Mahadeva, the Lord of All, lived

on the highest peak of the Himalayas. With him lived his wife, Queen

Parvati.

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> They had no child.For thousands of years they lived there, looking

down upon the entire world, which lay at their feet. But even the

gods have their own sorrows, and it grieved them that they had no

child.Parvati thought that she should go and live among mankind, and

pay sacrifices as they do, and perhaps she may be blessed with a

child. So she went down from the mountains and lived in a forest.

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> Every day she fed thousands of Brahmans, and spent her days in the

prayers and fasting for a whole year. At the end of that time she

bathed in the holy river Ganges, and then returned to her home.At

last her prayers were answered. A son was born to her.There was

great rejoicing among the gods. Mahadeva and Parvati invited them

all to a feast to see their son, baby Ganesh.Parvati was very happy

now, and she loved to show her baby to the gods, and to hear their

remarks.

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> She laid Ganesh upon a golden bed, with his head to the

North.Ganesh was a beautiful baby, and as he lay smiling on his

golden bed, the gods came and gave him gifts.Now Sani was at the

party too, but before coming to the party he had a quarrel with his

wife.

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> iN her anger she put a spell upon him so that whoever he looked at

first would fall headless. So Sani kept his eyes down and would look

nobody.Parvati noticed that Sani did not look at her baby, which

seemed strange, so she asked him why he was doing so. With his eyes

upon the ground he told her of the spell his wife had put upon

him.Parvati laughed at the story. She was so proud of her son that

she wished everybody to see him and admire him. She did not believe

the spell could touch the son of Mahadeva, the greatest of the gods.

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> She took Ganesh in her arms, and held him out to Sani.

> "Look," she said, "is he not beautiful?"

> Sani said that he was afraid to look, but Parvati would not listen.

> So Sani obeyed. As soon as his eyes rested on Ganesh the child's

head separated from his body. It was caught up to heaven by

Krishna.Oh, the cries and tears there were then!

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> Parvati was full of grief; she did not know what to do. She threw

herself down beside the lifeless body of her child, and wept

bitterly.Vishnu, in pity, mounted Garuda, the eagle, and flew off to

fetch the head of the first thing found. It happened to be an

elephant.Vishnu brought the elephant's head, and clapped it on the

body of Ganesh, and then brought him to life again.

> Then all the gods withdrew and left the parents in grief.Parvati

was divided between sorrow and joy. She rejoiced to have her baby

alive again, but it was terrible that he should be so deformed.

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> Mahadeva was grieved too, but he told Parvati that it was her

vanity that had caused all the trouble. If she had not insisted upon

Sani's admiring her child, it would not have happened.

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> Parvati threw herself before Mahadeva and begged him to bring

Ganesh back his formed shape, but Mahadeva reminded her that while

he was all powerful in heaven, he could not undo what was done on

the earth.Parvati blamed herself bitterly for her fault, and prayed

that Ganesh might be gifted with wisdom and humanity, so that his

deformity might be forgotten.

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> This Mahadeva could grant, and Ganesh was given Prudence, Counsel

and Policy.All men love Ganesh, and go to him for help and guidance.

He is the best loved of all the gods.Elephats have been rewarded

with great strength, gentleness and cleverness and have been made

the servants of Kings.Sani was punished with lameness.

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> Though he did not wish to injure Ganesh, it all happened because

he had quarrelled with his wife, and quarrelsome couples are warned

by his example.It is now believed unlucky to admire children, or to

sleep with the head to the North.

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> Mother's pride seemed to have definitely been detrimental to

Ganesa's look, if we believe the following two stories. In one it is

said that Parvati showed off her son to Lord Saturn. Her pride

caused the child's head to fall out. It was Lord Vishnu who came to

the rescue and fixed an elephant head to bring the child back to

life again.

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> Another version says Siva created Ganesa from Parvati's garment.

So beautiful was the creation that Parvati could not take her eyes

off him. Jealous Siva immediately changed the face into that of an

elephant.

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> There is yet also a nother myth about How lord ganesh got his

elephant head..

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> 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.

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> 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, Shivas 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.

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> When they reached the monster Gajasuras 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

couldnt live in his belly forever and thus freed Lord Shiva.

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> After that, he prayed to Shiva to make him immortal. To grant him

the wish, Shiva severed Gajasuras head and carried the head with

him. Meanwhile, Parvati who heard that Shivas out of the monsters

belly was joyful. In order to prepare for her Lords return she went

to have a bath, but before that she asked someone to stand guard

outside. She made a boy out of dough and named him Vinayak.

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> But when Lord Shiva returned, the boy refused to let him enter the

palace, as he had never seen him before. This made Lord Shiva

furious and thus he beheaded the boy and went inside. When he saw

Parvati, he told her about his beheading of the boy.

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> This shocked and upset Parvati. She told Shiva that Vinayak was

like a son to her and that she wanted him back alive. Thus Shiva put

the head of Gajasura on the boys head and the boy Vinayak came to

life. Shiva also blessed him and announced that everybody would

worship him on that day. And thus the festival Ganesh Chaturti marks

the day when Vinayak came back to life.

> From Deepa H

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