Guest guest Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Namaste, There is so much symbolism in mythology. it would be interesting to know more and more about Ganesha whom we all worship during homam. Found this interesting information that i would like to share: http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/lg/lg_ch-05.html Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Another interesting blog: http://theemerald.wordpress.com/ , " vinita kumar " <vinitakuma wrote: > > Namaste, > > There is so much symbolism in mythology. it would be interesting to know more and more about Ganesha whom we all worship during homam. > > Found this interesting information that i would like to share: > > http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/lg/lg_ch-05.html > > Regards > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 dear friends, i was in pune for a day or so. since i had some spare time i asked somebody accompanying me about what is should do. she told me about the variety of sarees that are available and how we could do some shopping. but then, on her own she mentioned about dagdusheth halwai ganapathi temple. the name did not impress me and i asked her how old it was. was even more dissappointed at the reply...she said it must be 8-9 yrs old. so it was not any of the ancient temples, i thought. the next day i met mr. bhatt who had a red tikka on his forehead. he had just come from a puja performed by his family purohit. he had come specially from chennai to perform this puja. his family purohit was old and ailing but he condescended to do the puja nevertheless. he told us that it was chaturthi...a special day for ganesha worship. he gave us some prasad...modak which was absolutely delicious. yes, we had to visit the temple. it is one of the newer temples. the Q was looooong but moving. soon we had darshan. i noticed that ganapathi's tunda was to the left and quite huge. it reminded me of the horn of conucopia. afterall he is a giver of boons too. just thought will share this too. best wishes! , " vinita kumar " <vinitakuma wrote: > > Another interesting blog: > > http://theemerald.wordpress.com/ > , " vinita kumar " <vinitakuma@> wrote: > > > > Namaste, > > > > There is so much symbolism in mythology. it would be interesting to know more and more about Ganesha whom we all worship during homam. > > > > Found this interesting information that i would like to share: > > > > http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/lg/lg_ch-05.html > > > > Regards > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Cornucopia and Ganesha's tunda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Namaste, Thank you for the nice link. I just wanted to share some quick thoughts on the orientation of Ganesha's trunk. Trunk turning to left is more common and trunk turning to right is rare, as that website notes. When energy of self-awareness is entering the Pingala nadi (the right/solar channel of knowledge and logic), one will feel as though one's body is tilted to one's left. When energy of self-awareness is entering the Ida nadi (the left/lunar channel of surrender and feeling), one will feel as though one's body is tilted to one's right. These are things sadhakas can practically observe. My guess is that the orientation of Ganesha's trunk may hold clues to the way in which that form is experienced. For example, the form of Baala (childlike) Ganapathi is experienced through the left channel, i.e. pure love and devotion. It works through surrender, feeling and an intuitive approach rather than with knowledge, logic and a systematic approach. Same with Bhakti (devotion) Ganapathi. But, most forms work through the right channel, i.e. knowledge, logic and a systematic approach. Just as Dakshina Kaali is preferred and people are afraid of Vaama Kaali, similarly Ganesha with trunk turning to left (i.e. working through dakshina) is preferred by people and people are afraid of Ganesha with trunk turning to right (i.e. working through vaama). Some people will even tell you to not keep a Ganesha idol at home that has trunk turning to right! Just my 2 cents for tonight... Best regards, Narasimha Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana Spirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org - " vinita kumar " <vinitakuma Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:16 AM The Mystery of Ganesha > Namaste, > > There is so much symbolism in mythology. it would be interesting to know > more and more about Ganesha whom we all worship during homam. > > Found this interesting information that i would like to share: > > http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/lg/lg_ch-05.html > > Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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