On this Ganesh Chathurti or Ganpati, as the festival is popularly known in Maharashtra, Devdutt Pattanaik in this extract from 7 Secrets of Shiva, narrates several stories about Ganesha’s birth -- the one in which Shiva beheads him; when Shiva and Shakti make love taking the form of elephants; when Shiva creates a child of his own image for His wife’s pleasure but since he looks too much like the father, Shakti replaces his head with that of an elephant. A perfect obeisance to a God who is worshipped across India as the ‘remover of obstacles’ during the ten-day festival which is celebrated with much gusto.
About author :
Dr. Devdatt Pattanaik is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose work focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology and also management. He has written number of books related to Hindu mythology.
Review:
Ganesha's secrets : Food alone does not satisfy hunger is extracted from ' 7 Secrets Of Shiva'. Ganesha's Secrets is a short and insightful book. The illustrations from the book are beautiful with excellent narration.
It deals with the existence of Ganesha, reasons behind him being called Ganapati and Vinayak, story behind a rat being Ganesha's vehicle, his association with Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Sarawati, him representing intelligence, tale behind one tusk, Ganesha teaching lessons to greedy Kubera, Ravana and Vibhishana.
Ever wondered what does the modak in Ganesha's hand mean? Symbol of snake? And other forms of Lord Ganesha? If yes, this book has answers for these and many other questions.
Apart from this, Devdutt Pattnaik writes beautifully about different myths, different beliefs on different religious aspects and rituals. And covers concepts like evolution, wealth, desire, spirituality, food, abundunce, intelligence, peace and many more.
Rating : 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Rating : 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Why you should read this book?
1. Written by the master of mythology.
2. Illustrations are beautiful with narration.
3. A very short read.
4. Insight to unknown facts of Lord Ganesha
5. If you love Mythology. Just go for it.
Well, I hope this will make you read a beautiful short story on elephant headed deity.
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