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The September 2025 issue of our monthly newsletter "The Heritage Diary" is now out. Check out at indiantempless.in/3d-flip-book/heritage-diary-september-2025/![]()
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GANESHA WORSHIP IN HINDUISM![]()
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Ganesha is one of the prominent deities in Hinduism. He is the supreme deity of the Ganpatya sect, but is also worshipped by every other sect of Hinduism. His depictions are found throughout India. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists and beyond India.![]()
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Ganesha is mentioned in Hindu texts between the 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE, and a few Ganesha images from the Satvahana era have been documented by scholars.![]()
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The early depictions of Ganesha are mostly found on walls and niches of other major temples. Worship of Ganesha as an independent deity can be found only after 7th century. ![]()
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The earliest of Ganesha representation appears as an elephant–headed anthropomorphic figure on Indo-Greek coins from the 1st century BCE. First terracotta images of Ganesha are from 1st century CE found in Ter, Pal, Verrapuram, and Chandraketugarh. These figures are small, with an elephant head, two arms, and chubby physique. The earliest Ganesha icons in stone were carved in Mathura during Kushan times (2nd–3rd centuries CE).Some of the earliest known Ganesha images include two images found in eastern Afghanistan. The first image was discovered in the ruins north of Kabul along with those of Surya and Shiva. It is dated to the 4th century. The second image found in Gardez, the Gardez Ganesha, has an inscription on Ganesha pedestal that has helped date it to the 5th century.![]()
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After 7th century, Ganesha sculptures are found in almost all parts of India. The one represented in this photo is from Kaldhar village of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh. The Sculpture is now displayed at Triveni museum in Ujjain. ![]()
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𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗡𝗨’𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘![]()
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In a world, where the feminist talk about creating better world for females, Hinduism talks about how male and female are the same. ![]()
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Every prominent deity in Hinduism, has a feminine side to his personality. These feminine energies emerged from bodies of deities,and assisted Shakti in her battles with Asuras. When the Asuras were impossible to defeat for the male Gods, their feminine side could defeat them. This talks about how the feminine side of deities is in fact more powerful than the masculine side.![]()
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Vishnu’s feminine side also appears as Mohini in Purana. However, there is a basic difference in Mohini and Vaishnavi. Mohini is Vishnu’s incarnation in female form. So Vishnu takes up body of a female. In the female incarnation, Vishnu unites with Shiva and give birth to a son, who is worshipped as Ayyappan.![]()
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Vaishnavi is not an incarnation of Vishnu. So as Vaishnavi, Vishnu only projects his feminine qualities and powers, in order to strengthen Shakti so that she could defeat the Asuras.![]()
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Vaishnavi is widely depicted as part of the Matrika panel. However, there are very few temples that depict Vaishnavi individually. One such temple is at Anva, in the Jalna district of Maharashtra. Here, one can see multiple sculptures dedicated to Vaishnavi.![]()
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