![]() He acquired as his father later, the ancient pagan deity Shiva. Ganesh, also called Ganapati (gun-ah-putty), Vinayak, has the head of an elephant, and is as strong as one, and is the son of the mother goddess Paarvati (paahr-vatti). Over the years the stories, legends, observances and so on have collected around an elephant headed deity. It seems to hark back to times when forests covered most of the land and people organised themselves into tribes. Large numbers of people in India are very attached to the deity Ganesh. Actually, according to the very ancient legend, he didnt have originally an elephant head-it was surgically attached after some interesting events. ![]() Ganesh is a deity with the head of an elephant. ![]() The Ganesh festival celebrated all over India falls roughly between mid-August and mid September according to the lunar calendar. Ganesh festival in India (description and some connected legends )
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