Read 151 Episodes Of Lord Ganesha and help your children learn moral values, such as honesty, courage, and devotion to parents, from the almighty Ganesha.😍🙏
There is yet another popular legend related to Ganesha’s anger with the Moon-god. One day, Shiva had a visitor. It was none other than Brahma. They both were discussing something important when Sage Narad walked in. As Narad was offering a wonderful fruit to Shiva, Ganesha and Karttikey reached there. They saw the fruit, and […]
There exist many stories about why Ganesha got very angry with the Moon-god (Chandra). According to one legend, Indra once organised a sumptuous meal for all the gods and the goddesses at his abode in Indralok. All the invitees started for Indralok, mounted on their respective vahans. Meanwhile, Ganesha was finding it difficult to sit
The coronation ceremony of Lord Ganesha had all the gods and the sages in attendance. Everybody took turn to bless Ganesha. Lord Vishnu and goddess Lakshmi were there, too. But as soon as they met Ganesha, Lakshmi made haste to leave. Vishnu was upset with Lakshmi’s odd behaviour. He said, “You have not blessed Ganesha
One day, Parvati sat deep in her thoughts. She was thinking about the pattabhishek (coronation) ceremony. Suddenly, a thought came to her mind. She decided that her son, Ganesha, should have a pattabhishek ceremony. Parvati soon sent out invitations to all the gods and the sages, as she wanted to celebrate the ceremony in a
The entire marriage procession of Vishnu was trying to pull the stuck wheel of his carriage out of the hole, but it would not budge. A farmer, who was passing by, saw their struggle and offered to help. The gods were sceptical and some even made fun of him, thinking how a mere farmer could
Ganesha was extremely angry when he came to know that the gods had conspired against him, to prevent him from attending Vishnu’s wedding. So he decided to take revenge on them. Ganesha told his mount Mushik to dig a hole on the road where the marriage procession was about to pass. The obedient Mushik did
Vishnu was perplexed. He told the gods that he had already invited Ganesha to his wedding and he could not stop him from accompanying them now. But the gods had already hatched a plot. “Please tell Ganesha that the demons could seize heaven if they come to know that it is empty. Flatter him about
The gods were excited. Lord Vishnu was getting married to goddess Lakshmi. Heaven was all decked up and preparations were on in full swing. All the gods were invited to the wedding. A day before the wedding, the gods went to meet Vishnu at his abode. Vishnu was puzzled to see them before him. “My
There is another interesting story about how Ganesha got a mouse as his vehicle. Once, there lived a demon named Gajmukha. He worshipped Shiva fervently. Once, he performed severe penance and attained many boons from Shiva. But Gajmukhasur did not use them wisely. Instead, he became vain and started tormenting the gods and the sages
Mushik revealed his true identity to Lord Ganesha. The kind-hearted Ganesha took pity on Mushik and decided to bring an end to his sufferings. With his powers, Ganesha reduced Mushik’s huge size to a reasonably small one. Mushik also pleaded with Ganesha to use him as his mount. “Please forgive me and take me as
After trapping Mushik, Ganesha mounted his back. Mushik could not bear Ganesha’s weight. On hearing his cries, Ganesha stopped the ride. Mushik then told Ganesha, “Please hear my story. I am actually a celestial musician (Gandharv) named Kraunch. I have been cursed to become a mouse! When I was a Gandharv, I happened to step
A huge mouse was making people’s life miserable on earth. They pleaded with Lord Ganesha to come to their rescue. “Lord, we cannot stay here any longer. We will have to move to some other place,” they prayed to Ganesha. On hearing this, Ganesha went down to earth to deal with Mushik himself. He pacified
Many stories exist about how Ganesha got a mouse (mushik) as his vahan (mount). Here is one story, found in the Puranas. Once, there lived a huge and powerful mouse named Mushik, on earth. Mushik scrambled here and there, nibbling at food and clothes, and biting people’s feet. It jolted and scared people. There was
There are many stories behind how Ganesha got the name Siddhivinayak. According to a legend, the universe was created by Brahma with Ganesha’s blessings. When Brahma was busy creating the universe, Vishnu, the preserver, dozed off on top of Sheshnag. During that sleep, two demons Madhu and Kaitabh emerged out of Vishnu’s ears. Empowered by
Once, there lived a king in Hemvati, called Abhinandan. His ambition was to become the king of heaven. So he started performing a great sacrifice to achieve his goal. When Indra came to know of this, he became scared of losing his throne. He summoned Kaal (time) and asked him to create obstacles in the
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