Lord Vinayaka gets married

Lord Vinayaka gets married

The two daughters of Lord Brahma – Siddhi and Buddhi – had grown into beautiful maidens

and Lord Vinayaka was the chosen bridegroom for them. Having learnt about this desire

of Lord Brahma , sage Narada went to Kailas. He met Lord Vinayaka there and placed

the marriage proposal before him. Lord Vinayaka was kind enough to give his consent for

the marriage and as the next step, Naradha apprised Brahma of Ganesha’s approval.

Lord Brahma immediately went to Mount Kailas and met the divine parents of the groom –

Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. When they also agreed to the proposal and gave their

blessings, Brahma met Vinayaka and formally placed his desire of a grand weddings of his

daughters with him.

Lord Vinayaka agreed readily and Brahma went to Vaikuntha and informed Lord Vishnu and his consort Goddess Lakshmi also.

Devas, Siddhas, Vidyadharas, the guardians of the four directions and all the celestial beings

went to look after the arrangements for the weddings of the Supreme Lord. The chief architect

 Viswakarma took charge of the festivities. Tasteful decorations followed all over the globe.

Kamadhenu , Karpagavruksha , all the dancing girls and every creature on Earth partook

in the grandeur and gaiety all round.

Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati started with their son Vinayaka from Kailas .Nandideva, the

twelve Suns, eleven Rudras and many others accompanied the bridegroom. Maha Vishnu

and Brahma received all the guests and ushered them into marriage hall ceremoniously.

Indrani, Anusuya and others helped Siddhi and Buddhi to get ready for the happy

occasion. Vidhyadhara provided music and there was chanting of mantras and showering

of flowers all over the place.

Lord Brahma and Goddess Saraswati gave their lovely daughters in marriage to Lord Ganesha,

with all the sacred rituals performed as per Vedas.

All the guests at the function raised hectic cheers all round and took the holy blessings of

Lord Vinayaka and his consorts-Siddhi and Buddhi . The splendid darshan of the Lord Supreme

with his consorts stayed in the mind of all devotees who graced the function.

source: Dr.Akila Sivaraman

Ganesha - 16 names

Ganesha is prayed when we embark on a new project or when we start a puja.
reciting his 16 names will bring peace to our mind and energise our inner strength

16 NAMES OF LORD GANESHA FOR CHANTING

Om Sumukaya namaha

Om Ekadhanthaya namaha

Om Kapilaya namaha

Om Gaja Karnakaya namaha
Om Lambodharaya namaha

Om Vikataya namaha

Om Vigneshwaraya namaha

Om Vignarajaya  namaha

Om Ganadhithapathaye namaha
Om Dhoomakethave namaha

Om Ganadhyakshaya namaha

Om Balachandraya namaha

Om Gajananaya namaha
Om Vakrathundaya namaha

Om Soorpakarnaya namaha

Om Herambaya namaha

Om Skandapoorvajaya namaha

Om Ganapathi namaha

Om Maheswaraputhraya namah

May Ganesha fulfill all your desires and stay blessed 

ganesha umbrella

wow Ganesha chaturthi is round the corner. This year it falls on 25 th aug 2017.Created this cute umbrella for Ganesha.

materials required 

1. Metal frame - got this from raja stores chennai

2. a simple doilie that will fit the frame

3. embellishments- ear drops n stones

the metal frame looks like this

a small doily - I did it in pink yarn of yardley - bought from raja stores

some decorative items bought from local store n bhuvaneshwari 

I pasted the green stones using silicone glue -from Raja stores n hanged the ear drops.

while doing the puja will add fresh flowers to decorate it more

the final look is 

Ganesh Purana - origin of the story

Lord Ganesha is all powerful deity and is worshipped universally by one and all. To understand his greatness one must study the Ganesha purana about the uniqueness he possess.    He is the one God who has maximum temples across our country and abroad. He is seen in most of the bank of rivers under a peepal tree and every nook and corner of streets and roads. When you visit a temple he sits at the entrance and all of salute to him before going to the main deity.

I am going to write about how our ancient sages explained the significance of his worship. He is considered as a person who removes all obstacles we face and also bless us.

Many sages went to meet Lord Brahma at satyaloka. The sages asked the Lord to show them a suitable place where they can worship without any problem. Lord Brahma too the darbha grass and made a wheel out of it and rolled on the ground. He then asked the sages to follow the wheel and said that when the wheel stops that would be the right place for them to do their penance and prayers

The w heel stopped at a place Naimisharanya where the sages, saints and scholars used to do austerities and rituals. In this spot sage Shaunaka started a yajnya and it was attended by all saints across the world. One of the sage who attended this ritual was sage Sudhama who was a learned one as he had learnt all the puranas numbering eighteen. As all sages wanted to spend twelve years in this place they asked Sudhama to tell them about the importance of the puranas. These mahapuranas were given by Lord Shiva to Nandideva.

Nandideva then taught these puranas to sage Sanat kumara. Sanat Kumar passed on this knowledge to Sage Vyasa. The puranas were in shloka form, which spread across the worlds. The sages after learning, they then sub divided to eighteen sub-puranas. They then converted these slokas into short poems so that the future generation will be able to sing and understand easily.

One of the important of the sub-purana is the Bhargava purana which deals with Lord Ganesha.

Sage Vyasa inculcated all the knowledge to sage Bhrigu. Sage Bhrigu then classified the purana into two one he called the Upasana kandam and the other Leela Kandam. Each kandam has 250 chapters.

Sage Sudhama started to narrate the greatness of Lord Vinayaka and how one should worship him.  

He explains to the saints how the devotees  who prayed to the Lord attained bliss.

Ganesha

Hi sharing another painting done by Hrishi. This is Ganesha in glass. Have his dharshan . He is guiding one and all.May the academic year begin with blessings. 

Guitar Ganesha

Sharing the painting of Ganesha done by Hrish during his summer camp. He used fabric paints and glitter acrylic paints. The face has not come to my satisfaction. His mam said that since the material of the t-shirt is thick , the effect might not be good. But she felt that since he has a steady hand , the next picture will look great.