"Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvignam Kurume Deva
sarva karyeshu sarvada"
This is a prayer to the leader of the "ganas" (the demi-gods worshipping Lord Shiva).
The purport being:
"Oh Lord with twisted tusk and great body and the one who shines with the brillinance of a crore of suns
Please remove the obstacles in my path
always and in all times"
That image is from a site in Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The caption to it says: “When Hindu Lord Ganesh came to Ireland he decided to go native, as indeed, he had done when he went to China and Japan. He is accompanied by his servant, the rat, the latter playing the bodran and enjoying a pint of Guinness. The sculpture is 6′4″ high and weighs approx. 4 tonnes.”
Have a pint and enjoy Ganesh Chaturthi. More images from the site below the fold.
Ganesh the bookworm. He is the god of learning and wisdom. Naturally he likes to read books.
Here’s the dude playing the tablas.
He’s versatile. Now he is on the veena.
Now only in this last image do I see his mount, the rat, relaxing in a laid back attitude. In all the others, the rat is absent. Anyway, that’s it for Mr Vinayaka.
