Ganesh

Ganesh has many names, and avatars, he is a form of Maha Ganapati and is the son of Parvati.

Ganesh is known by the names of:


 * Vighnaharta
 * Vighnakarta
 * Mangal Murti
 * Gajanan
 * Gajanand
 * Ekadant
 * Parvatinandan

Birth
For Ganesh to be born, Devi Parvati had to do a rigorous penance to please her brother Shri Hari Narayan.

When Parvati was taking a bath, she took the dirt of her body and shaped it into a little boy, that little idol turned into a child, and Ganesh was born.

Ganesh's Elephant head
Parvati told Ganesh to not let any one inside, some time after Mahadev came and asked to enter, Ganesh did not let him enter, Nandi got angry with him, and tried to trick him, but it did not work, then the devtas came and tried to stop Ganesh from preventing everyone to enter, even Shri Hari Narayan came and asked him to stop, but Ganesh didn't, instead he attacked Narayan and then Mahadev got furious and beheaded Ganesh, Ganesh called out to his Mother, and Parvati heard him and came running.

Everyone was covering Ganesh's dead boy, and when she saw Ganesh's dead body she got angry and she transformed into Durga, and said If you will not bring my son back to life, I will kill all the devtas, to calm Durga down, Mahadev asked the devtas to bring a head, and with alot of specifications, the only head that fitted those specifications, and it was an Elephants head

Relationships

 * Parvati (Mother)
 * Mahadev (Father)
 * Karthikeya (Elder brother)
 * Laxmi (Aunt)
 * Shri Hari Narayan (Uncle)

Mantra
Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha