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Hindus celebrate Ganesh Utsav

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Devotees make offerings of fruit and flowers to Ganesh Murti at Manzanilla Beach.

 

The Hindu celebration of Ganesh Utsav is taking place all over the country. Ganesh Utsav celebrates the presence of Lord Ganesha on earth. According to legend, Ganesha was the son of Shiva and Parvati, whose head was severed by Shiva during a battle which brought on Parvati’s rage. Seeing her son dead, Parvati revealed her true self, as the Adi-Shakti—the prime energy that fuels the universe and sustains matter. Taking on a terrible form, she vowed to destroy the universe where her son was killed and recreated a better one. 
 
The gods bowed before her and Shiva promised that her son would live again. The trinity hunted the world for a head and came across a mother elephant crying for her dead baby. They consoled the mother and fixed the head of the baby elephant in place of Ganesha’s head. Lord Shiva also declared that from this day, the boy would be called Ganesha (Gana-Isha means Lord of the Ganas). In this way, Lord Ganesha came to be depicted as the elephant-headed God. Ganesha is widely worshipped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune and the remover of obstacles. The festival concludes on September 30.
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