God Ganesha Festival its History, Significance, Importance & lessons Learned.

As?the festivity of Lord Ganesha is ongoing in our country India.

?Let me share some significant details about this festival.

Let the God Ganesha the starter, the protector, and the remover of obstacles enlighten your lives.

When God Shiva cuts the head of Lord Ganesha, ?it symbolizes finishing the head full of EGO with a new head of wisdom.

The large forehead of Sri Ganesh signifies wisdom.?

Broad ears of God Ganesha shaped like larger ears (filters) mean that we consume only that which is good.?

The small eyes of God Ganesha are symbolic of farsightedness.

A small mouth of Sri Ganesh is a reminder for us to speak less.

The trunk of God Ganesha is so powerful enough to uproot trees and soft enough to pick a child.

?Sri Ganesh is pictured with only one tusk. It signifies that we should not be caught into dualities of likes and dislikes, pleasure and pain, pleasant and unpleasant, good and bad.

Lord Ganesha Festival also teaches us a lot of important lessons.

Lesson 1: There’s no shortcut to success.

Lesson 2: Don’t act on impulse lesson taught when God Ganesha curses the moon.

Lesson 3: Be humble as learned in God Ganesha & Kuber's story.

Lesson 4: Look beyond yourself!

?Lesson 5 Learnt from when God Ganesha lost his tusk. Don't panic, make the best of your current situation.

?Lesson 6 ?Learnt from God Kartikeya & God Ganesha anecdote. Let God Ganesha blesses us with maan ki sudhi, remove all our obstacles & worries.

God Ganesha festival is celebrated with pomp and gaiety all across the world.

Ganeshotsav is been celebrated in Mauritius by the local Hindu community which consists of 52 % of the total population on this island.

#Toronto, the capital of #Canada has many Indians that get the Ganesh idol from their respective homes in India

With a large Indian community residing in the #USA, the festival is celebrated on a large scale. They import idols from Mumbai and the celebrations continue till the 11th day.

#Hounslow, the principal town in #London #UK also welcomes Lord Ganesha on a large scale.

In #Cambodia, Ganesha was worshipped as a primary deity ?from the 7th century onwards

In #Thailand, Ganesha is revered as Phra Phikanet or Phra Phikanesuan.

The earliest known statue of Ganesha in northern #China carries an inscription dated to 531 CE. There is an image of Ganesha in the rock-cut temple at #Tun-Huang and another in a similar rock-cut temple in #Kung-Hsien

Ganesha made his way to #Japan in the 8th century, where is revered as Kangiten and is associated with Japanese Buddhism.

A statue of Ganesha was discovered in Gardez, near #Kabul in #Afghanistan.

One of the most revered gods in # Tibetan Buddhism, Ganesha was introduced by the Indian Buddhist religious leaders Atisa Dipankara Srijna and Gayadhara in the 11th century AD.

In #Holland, Local people make lord Ganesha idols made of oranges

The biggest Ganesh Chaturthi festivities in #France can be seen in #Paris.

The Ganpati idol is centred at the Sri Manika Vinayakar temple of Paris.

As I am ending my blog, seeking the blessings of Lord Ganesha by praying

Vakratunda Mahakaya Surya Koti Samaprabha! Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvadaa!

Devotee. # Jawahar B Lalla