No traditional Hindu will launch upon a new undertaking without invoking Ganesha, for it is he, as Vighneshwara, prime remover of obstacles, who clears the path to success. The Sarvajanik puja or public worship of Ganesha, however, is popular mostly in
Ganesha's lineaments are familiar - for song, story and have made them so. ganesha is depicted with an elephant's head with a trunk curled gracefully over a generous potbelly, four arms bearing his distinctive emblems of godhood, and his portly figure mounted on a tiny mouse, his chosen vehicle. there are many interpretations of this unique combination. the most popular is the deity embodies the power and wisdom of the elephant and the mobility of the agile mouse.
The legends about the birth and exploits of this deity are many; different Puranas giving different versions of the same incidents. Our story, however, is based solely on the Shiva Purana version. On the heights of