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Ganesha

  • Bypassing the womb

    Bypassing the womb

    In Puranic literature, we come across the concept of ayonija, someone who is not born from the womb, and consequently, is able to bypass or rise above the cycle of birth and death…

  • Is Ganesha married?

    Is Ganesha married?

    In much of the North Indian traditions, Ganesha has two wives: Riddhi and Siddhi. Riddhi is associated with material growth, and Siddhi with intellectual or spiritual growth…

  • Who is a Hindu? North’s Kanwariya and South’s Kavadi

    Who is a Hindu? North’s Kanwariya and South’s Kavadi

    A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism…

  • Decoding Ganesha: it is difficult to reduce him to a signpost of a single idea

    Decoding Ganesha: it is difficult to reduce him to a signpost of a single idea

    Bachelor or polygamous? Ancient god or contemporary Buddhist icon? Ganesha, like Hinduism, refuses to be reduced to a single idea…

  • Ganesha, The God Who Rides Rats

    Ganesha, The God Who Rides Rats

    Aha, but it is not a rat; it is a mouse…