4 Biggest Stories of Lord Ganesha You Must Know on the Occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi? , Written By-Dr.Rashmi Vajpayee ~ Indian Culture

In 2023 Ganesh Chaturthi celebration will be held on Tuesday, 19 September, 2023. Ganesh Chaturthi is the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha. After Krishna Janmashtami, arrangements for Ganesh Chaturthi have begun in the nation. Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated on the Chaturthi date of Shukla Paksha of Bhadrapada month.

Lord Ganesha is Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati son, is depicted by his elephant head, big stomach, his mount, and a small rat. He designates intelligence and wisdom. Moreover, he is the slayer of all barriers for the believers. Here’s looking at 4 Biggest Stories of Lord Ganesha-

1)Parvati formed Ganesha from the Turmeric?

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Numerous accounts revolve around the birth of Lord Ganesha; one of the most well-known is that Parvati shaped Ganesha from the turmeric paste she used to clear her body with. As per the Legend, when Parvati asked Nandi to guard the entryway when she went to bath. In any case, he is Lord Shiva’s devoted permitted him to enter. With this episode, she lost trust in everybody. Enraged Parvati wanted to have somebody obedient like Nandi who would obey her commands and consequently she gathered the turmeric paste that she used to clear her body and shaped it into Ganesha.

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2)Why is Lord Ganesha considered as Superior?

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Once, both Ganesha and Kartikeya his elder brother decided to define themselves as superior to each other. Meanwhile, Lord Shiva assigned them a task to perform. He stated that the winner of this task will be worshiped as the first among the gods. Hence, people will worship him before offering devotions to other gods. According to this task, the one who will complete the round of this universe and will reach to Lord Shiva first will be the conqueror. Kartikeya, the elder one fled on his peacock to get a round of the universe.

Still, Ganesha who had a rat as the mode of carrier evaluated how to accomplish this task before Kartikeya. Getting a fast round of the universe by sitting on the rat is a difficult task. Suddenly Ganesha chose to do a parikrama (round) of his parents. After which he declared that my parents are my universe. Therefore I got around them only. Both, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati were delighted to learn this from Ganesha. Consequently, Lord Shiva announced Ganesha the conqueror of this task and declared that he will be the first God to whom devotees will worship. He further added that every prosperous event will initiate only after praying to Lord Ganesha.

3) Why Tulsi is not offered to Lord Ganesha?

Lord Ganesha was doing hard penance on the bank of Ganga. Simultaneously, Goddess Tulsi also reached the bank of Ganga for pilgrimage. There she saw Ganesha doing hard penance. Goddess Tulsi was so fascinated by observing Ganesha's charm that she disrupted his penance by expressing the desire to marry him. Lord Ganesha opened his eyes after the austerity was dissolved, he turned down the marriage proposal of Tulsi and said that I am Brahmachari and will not wed forever.

Unhappy with this, Tulsi cursed Lord Ganesha to have two weddings. Then Lord Ganesha cursed Tulsi that you will be married to a demon. Hearing this, Goddess Tulsi apologized to Ganesha. At that point, Ganesha gave a boon that you will be called Priya of Lord Vishnu and Krishna and in Kalyuga you will be viewed as the goddess of life and salvation. Alongside this, Ganesh additionally said that Tulsi will not be included in my worship. Since then offering Tulsi in the worship of Lord Ganesha has been forbidden.

4) Why you should not look at the Moon on Ganesh Chaturthi?

According to the legends, when Lord Ganesha getting back alongside his Vahana (mouse) on Chaturthi in the Bhadrapada month, the Moon God made jokes about the Lord's round stomach and his Vahana(Mouse). Annoyed with the Moon God for giggling at him, Lord Ganesha cursed him by saying that his light would never fall on earth. Fearing that he would lose his survival, the Moon God apologized, however since Ganesha had just cursed him, he wouldn't discard it completely. Subsequently, he said that sighting the moon on Chaturthi would be as good as a curse.

As indicated by a Legend, Shri Krishna also experienced the impacts of “Mithya Dosha” after he saw the Moon on Chaturthi. He was blamed for stealing valuable gem Syamantaka. Sage Narada, who knew about Lord Ganesha's curse, asked Shri Krishna to observe a fast to come out unaffected.

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About Rashmi Vajpayee

Hello friends I am DrRashmi Vajpayee,PhD Awardee,Assistant professor and founder of Rashmi Vajpayee's Confessions on Culture.Here I share everything about Indian Culture and Festivals.I hope you guys enjoy my content so keep reading!.