Amar Chitra Katha Vol 509
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| Lord Ganesha image found on Google images www.astrogems.com |
I chose this reading because I love this guy, Ganesha!
Parvati wife of Shiva
taking a bath and posts a guard to demand that no one enter (does this remind you of Melusine?!)
The guard feels helpless to stop the Lord Shiva from entering
this irritates Parvati because she feels that the guard does not respect her
She makes a boy from Saffron paste,
he comes to life (a bit like Pinnocchio?)
She makes him her guard and he is eager to please his mother
He tries to stop Shiva and hits him with his staff
This causes problems with the other Ganas (staff/guards)
Shiva is angry with Parvati and feels she has gone too far by not letting him into his own house
so he sends the guards to attack the boy,
He easily takes them all down and others fled
Brahma, Vishnu and Indra hear about the issues and talk with sage Narada to talk with Lord Shiva
The whole kingdom tried to get rid of the boy, they fail
Parvati is upset for them harassing her son
So she creates the Shaktis Kali and Durga
Kali ate the enemies trying to kill her brother basically
Durga became lightening and destroyed the weapons of the enemies of her brother
this news upsets Shiva and he decides to kill the boy himself
A battle ensues with all the gods and Shiva kills the boy from behind with his trident
Then he worries about what his wife will say, she created the boy, which makes it his son!!!
Parvati wants the boys death avenged, created hundreds and thousands of shaktis to destroy devas and ganas
Shiva tells the shaktis to go north and bring the head of the first creature in the path and put it onto the boys body in order to appease Parvati
they find a single tusked Elephant
Parvati was half pleased
Shiva puts his hand on the boys head and declares him status the presiding officer of all the ganas and to be worshipped as Ganesha,
called Vighneshawa, the queller of obstacles
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