Mogul Interior Designs: Good Luck Gift- Ganesha Hand Carved Stone Sculpture

"Lord Ganesha is also called Vinayak ( knowledgeable ) or Vighneshwer (god to remove obstacles). He is worshipped, or at least remembered, in the beginning of any auspicious performance for blessings and auspiciousness. Ganesha has four hands, elephant's head and a big belly. His vehicle is a tiny mouse. In his hands he carries a rope (to carry devotees to the truth), an axe (to cut devotees' attachments), and a sweet dessert ball -laddoo- (to reward devotees for spiritual activity). Lord Ganesha's fourth hand's palm is always extended to bless people.Ganesha is a symbol of prosperity and profound knowledge and is believed to be destroyer of all obstacles which come in our way in our undertakings.

Ganesha should be installed on the top of the entrance of the house to deflect all negative energies and to remove the Vastu defects of wrong position of the entrance. However, when you install a Ganesha
idol on the entrance above the door frame, you must ensure that they are installed in pair and back to back on both sides. It is believed that Ganesha is always accompanied by his two wives Riddhi (Prosperity) and Siddhi (Knowledge) and poverty resides behind his back. If you just install one Ganesha Idol facing outside at the entrance its back will have your abode and you do not want poverty inside the house. Hence it is recommended to install Ganapati, back to back at the entrance.Ganesh is the first son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi , who are symbolically the great forces in Nature to make dynamic changes in the Universe and destroy all types of evils and negative influences on mankind. These are the powers beyond human control.

Ganesh is said to have been born to his parents not in the usual biological phenomenon but externally by cosmic influences and reactions. That is why he is known as ‘Manasik Putra’ son of Cosmic Mind. Several attempts were made by the great Rishis to explain these cosmic influences and reactions in the form of popular stories for the understanding of the common man but basically it signifies that the new born baby ‘Ganesh’ was an entity endowed with unlimited cosmic powers.

Similarly, when you install an idol in the house, place it next to an external wall and not next to a wall that separates two rooms of the house. Ganesha can face the North direction as he is happy if he is facing North which is the abode of his father – Lord Shiva."

Ganesha - the vignaharta, or remover of obstacles to whom every boisterous prayer sung in his praise.The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha has a story. There's the one about Ganesha and Karthikeya in a sibling competition over who could go faster around the world. While Kartikeya clambered onto his peacock and flew off, Ganesha hung around his parents, continued to play and then walked briskly around the divine couple three times, hand folded.

Ganesha's head symbolizes the Atman or the soul, which is the ultimate supreme reality of human existence,and his human body signifies Maya or the earthly existence of human beings. His wisdom in this case lies perhaps, in recognizing that, with the right values and a little ingenuity, you can effortlessly achieve what others strive endlessly to attain. Ganesha recognized the universal God beside him. He did not feel the need to prove his machismo.

It has narrow, tiny eyes, like someone who carefully scrutinizes things around him. A wise person, likewise, always examines a situation closely and attempts to understand its deeper resonances.Ganesha has a big belly. He is able to digest all that is happening around him, good and bad, praise and criticism. Yet the rotund one is light enough to straddle a tiny mouse. For he does not hold grudges or ill-will - feelings that make one heavy and unwieldy.

Finally, why is Ganesha's vahana (vehicle) a mouse? This scuttling creature represents the mind, which has a tendency to dart about, picking up fickle fantasies and devious desires along the way. Ganesha's true wisdom lies in the fact that he is able to control the mouse, to rein it and bring it to rest at his feet. Control over one's mind is thus the ultimate sign of wisdom.

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