Author: Royina Grewal
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Sandhya Pedthekar
Publisher: Penguin/Yatra
Year: 2005
Language: Marathi
Pages: 131
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780144000753
Description
In this thoroughly researched and delightfully narrated book, Royina Grewal gives us the many stories of Ganesha, exploring their significance and how they reflect the times and the cultures in which they originated.
Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, is easily the most recognizable and loveable of Hindu deities. But pinpointing his various attributes is not quite so simple. He is at once the portly, merry, childlike god and the sage, complex philosopher. He is the presiding deity of material wealth and the lord of spirituality.
He removes all impediments for his devotees but creates all manner of difficulties for the transgressors, men or gods. And associated with every aspect of Ganesha – be it his extraordinary birth, his elephant head, his broken tusk, his vehicle (the mouse), his appetite or his anger—are scores of myths, each more colorful than the other.
In this thoroughly researched and delightfully narrated book, Royina Grewal gives us the many stories of Ganesha, exploring their significance and how they reflect the times and the cultures in which they originated.
Contents
Introduction
Origins
The Myths Multiply
Iconography and Worship