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No religious or auspicious task in India can be started before offering of prayers to Ganpati.
Ganpati is most loved and worshipped. Ganesh means the Lord of Ganns or all deities.
The human body has five physical senses, five subtle senses and four senses of the subconsciousness.
The basic force behind these senses is of fourteen deities whose Lord is Ganpati.
According to the text Gannapatyarth-vasheersh the reason why Lord Ganpati is worshipped
represents the Supreme. Just as every Mantra starts with Om similarly every ritual is started
with the worship of Ganpati. Lord Ganpati is very loving, beautiful and
divine. He has one tusk and four hands. He holds a lasso, Veena ( Indian string instrument),
a vessel containing grains in his three hands and the fourth is raised in blessing. He has
a red complexion, a huge stomach. large fan like ears and red robes. Red sandal wood paste
is smeared on his whole body. He is worshipped with red flowers. He without fail manifests
himself to protect his devotees and to bless them. To fulfil the wishes of his devotees
he appears from the world of the Divine on this earth.
Lord Ganpati is like the divine wish tree for his devotees i.e. he fulfils all their
wishes. The Sadhak who accomplishes this Sadhana gains
wealth, comforts, divine powers. Lord Ganpati is an ocean of knowledge. He bestows intelligence
on his Sadhaks. And besides he bestows spiritual fulfilment in life.