#Hindu deity Ganesha

[compassionmattersmost]

Interfaith Harmony: Ganesha, the Universal Remover of Obstacles

There is an ancient story, older than memory, that speaks of a gentle presence who stands at the threshold of each journey. He is called Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. In Hindu tradition, he is worshipped as a friend and guardian of beginnings, an embodiment of wisdom and gentle strength. His form is unmistakable—an elephant head, eyes deep with understanding, a body both round and rooted, as…

[blondebrainpowered]

Bronze sculpture of Ganesha. Thailand, 15th century 

[saganssorcery]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏

I read that you are from UK , but u have lot of interest in Indian mythology and gods. I saw a post on Hindu prayer. Thats amazing

Hello! You're very welcome ✨🙏✨

And yes! Absolutely. There are a fair few Hindu gods and goddesses I have a deep connection with. I mainly work with the family of Shiva; Parvati and all her forms (such as Kali), Ganesha and Karikeya:

Image found on Pinterest by Dolls of India Art Store

Though there are others I hold deep veneration. The main Hindu goddess I have a connection with is Durga. She is a fierce protectress. Durga represents a female Trinity and is made up of three goddesses; Parvati, Lakshmi and Sarasvati, but has nine forms, all of which are venerated in the Hindu festival Navaratri. Navaratri venerates Durga for overcoming great trials and triumphing over evil.

The nine forms of Durga venerated on Navaratri:

Art by: Insine Cartoonist

You will see me posting about this festival each year. This year Navaratri falls on October 3rd to the 12th, each day celebrates a different one of Durgas forms.

While I am not a Hindu, I still have great respect for this culture and find it very fascinating. I have had very amazing results by joining (in my own way) the celebrations of Navaratri. You'll likely see me posting about this later in the year. ✨🙏✨

[leslie-redirects-here]

[pchuaymee]

Unofficial commission

These is my first watercolor painting for commissioned by my mother to give away with our family. However, I will not to do open official full time commission. Because, I am not ready to can do it that, and also, I must to learn about how to do commission more.

[dionysianfreak]

my spiritual life had recently taken a dramatic turn—for the best, of course. I'm putting this into the void of Tumblr hoping some of y'all know of any followers of Hindu Deities that are fairly active. its been surprisingly hard, but it makes sense as most of them I've found are simply in a language I don't speak.

pleeease drop usernames if anyone comes to mind <3 🥺

[originalbuddhas]

Lord Ganesha - A Hindu Deity

Ganesha, the beloved deity of Hinduism, holds a special place in the hearts of millions worldwide. Revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences, and the harbinger of wisdom and prosperity, Ganesha embodies the essence of divine grace and benevolence.  Read more at: Lord Ganesha - The God of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune | Hindu Deity

[thepanvelite]

The Tale of Ganesha’s Broken Tusk: A Story of Wisdom and Sacrifice

Lord Ganesha's broken tusk symbolizes sacrifice, duty, and wisdom in Hindu mythology.

Have you ever wondered why Lord Ganesha, the beloved elephant-headed deity, has only one tusk? The story behind Ganesha’s broken tusk is as fascinating as it is symbolic. Let’s dive into this intriguing tale! The Battle with Parashurama Battle between Lord Ganesha and Parashurama One of the most popular stories comes from the Brahmanda Purana. It all started when Parashurama, a fierce warrior…

[priestessofthepoeticprophesy]

Ganesha Bottle Pendant

[indiatrendzs]

Yoga Statue Spiritual Decor

Yoga Sculptures charge your mind and body with positive energy. Hindu gods depict the Yoga Posture which brings the positive energy, wisdom and peace. Buddha is the great example of intense meditation or contemplation The Buddha statue is for people who are either looking for peace and clam in their lives, or for those who wish to improve their own meditation skills. People will often buy a…

[kalki-tarot]

Deities in Hinduism 🛕

Hinduism is the largest religion in the Indian subcontinent, and the third largest religion in the world. Hinduism has been called the "oldest religion" in the world, and many practitioners refer to Hinduism as "the eternal law" (Sanātana Dharma). The faith is described by some to be monotheistic, where all deities are believed to be forms of Brahman, the Ultimate Reality, as popularised by the Advaita philosophy.

"A Hindu can choose to be polytheistic, pantheistic, monotheistic, monistic, even agnostic, atheistic, or humanist."

1. Lord Vishnu

Vishnu is the god of Preservation, the great maintainer who often appears in various incarnations (avatara) to provide salvation for humanity. Some of his best-known avatars, who are tremendously popular and beloved throughout Hindu India, are the gods Krishna and Rama.

2. Lord Shiva

Shiva holds one of the most prominent roles in Hinduism as the god of destruction. He is one of the three most important gods, alongside Brahma (the creator) and Vishnu (the preserver). The sect of Shaivism holds that Shiva is the Supreme Being which all other gods are aspects of.

3. Maa Kali

Kali is the Hindu goddess of death and rebirth, she expresses the dual nature of the destruction that must come before new beginnings, and of the strength of the female power which can sometimes do what the man cannot. She is also the goddess of time.

4. Maa Durga

Durga, goddess of Shakti - the divine positive feminine energy and focus of festival celebrations. This very elegant bronze figure of Devi (goddess) Durga - is an attractive and prominent figure and a principal deity in Hinduism.

5. Lord Ganesha

He is widely revered, more specifically, as the remover of obstacles and bringer of good luck; the patron of arts and sciences; and the deva of intellect and wisdom. As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies

6. Maa Saraswati

Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge. She is associated with wisdom, music, art, and learning. She is one of the three main goddesses of Hinduism, along with Lakshmi and Parvati. Together the three goddesses are called the Tridevi.

7. Maa Lakshmi

Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, good fortune, happiness, youth, and beauty. She is the wife of Vishnu, the god that sustains the universe; he makes sure the universe stays together while Shiva, the destroyer, rips it apart.

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Like yessss she couldn't be more wrong

She'll die when she meets Vasant and Vishnu. Like gurl Indians ain't about dat toxic masculinity shit here 🗿💅

Hera: *seeing all the twinkest Hindu Gods* Oh brother-

Poseidon: Yes?

Hera: NOT YOU POSEY.

Poseidon: Damn gurl you look mad 🗿

Hera: NO SHIT. I THOUGHT INDIANS WERE BETTER THAN DIO.

Vishnu: Bestie open up your minddd. Look how your stepson is slaying that look....... And our army GUYS WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING-

And YESSS like I said she and Shachi are canon for me 💅. But yes she'd also love Kali HEHEH

In Dionysiaca Hera is constantly going "Dio is so effeminate look as these MASCULINE Indians they're better than you" and shii and I'm like bestie ☠️ You haven't met their Gods bestie ☠️ Bestie our cultures are sisters from a common parent bestie ☠️ They both got twink gods bestie ☠️

Honestly 💀 I lowkey want her to meet the twink-est Gods from the Hindu pantheon like- Vishnu, Mitra, Soma and so on... Like...

Let gurl have the realisation!!!! Everyone's a twink and that's what they should be 😌

And I also want her to meet ALL the Goddesses like- I want her to be in awe of them- especially Parvati and Ganesh ahem ahem... So yeah... But also Kali and other's like-

[talonabraxas]

Ganesha: Divine Son and Cosmic Deity

In the new Hindu pantheon, Ganesa is certainly one of the most recognizable and most popular of all Hindu deities. He is often stationed as a guardian at entryways. He is the Lord of Beginnings, and the one who removes obstacles. Therefore he should be worshiped before all new undertakings.

Ganesha is the son of Parvati and of Shiva, though often Shiva’s paternity is in question. Many stories explain the combination of his stout childish body and his elephant head. In God-posters, Ganesha is sometimes depicted as a votary of the Shiva-linga, the primary icon of his father Shiva. He may also be shown in a more cosmic dimension. Ganpati Mantra:

“Om Gam Ganpataye Namah” Meaning : It means bowing down to the Almighty Ganpati with all our existence and accepting all his great qualities in our self being.

[pchuaymee]

[Unofficial Commission] Siddhi Ganapati

Hiya, everyone! It's me.

This is my first time with my invisible ink that I think, ppl can see this without use UV black light. LOL. Thus, I think, I should be add more water.

And after I did make ink, I'm under in the weather by chemical effect. So, I just make ink by put water and gum arabic only in the next time. I hope, I will get well soon. 🥹

My music that I played to listen while I'm painting this:

[evesetchings]

So in @novalizinpeace’s poppy playtime au, specifically in the cartoon portion, the critters have these magic pendants that give them certain abilities. This isn’t limited to the gang, and all sorts of different pendants exist for different characters, but there’s a catch.

In this post, they talk about how if the magic in the pendant overwhelms a critter, it can transform them into a myth, a magical, monstrous being with incredible power, but can sometimes be incredibly dangerous to the people around them.

So I decided to take the 8 main critters and turn them into horrible little beasties for my amusement, and now I wish to show you guys the fruits of my labor.

tw for mild body horror and psychological horror under the cut

Dogday - Sol

This is the only ‘canon’ myth critter that exists in the au. Every time Dogday is pushed past his limit and gets too angry with something he transforms into sol, who is a mindless flaming warrior with no logic or regard for their surroundings. This leads to them being pretty dangerous to be around, but Sol isn’t evil, they just want to protect their user from any harm, and if left to their own devices, would probably self-isolate to protect themselves (and others) from harm.

2. Hoppy Hopscotch - Notus

The first of my original designs. Notus is the transformed version of Hoppy, and has the same weather manipulation powers, just to a much larger degree. Although she mostly uses it to make her storms larger. Notus’s mental state is much more stable than Sol (relatively), specifically in that she can remember her past life, but not specific people, so friends and even family are hardly whispers in her mind, if even that. She is quite competitive, viewing her storms as a contest to see how big she can make them, and will never back down from a challenge, doing everything in her power to win, but she is also a graceful loser, and hates cheaters. Her name comes from the Greek god of south winds, who is associated with wetness and the coming of rains.

3. Bubba bubbaphant - Ganesha

This guy’s name comes from the Hindu deity of new beginnings and the patron of the sciences and arts, who is also represented by a man with an elephant’s head and four arms. His mental state is similar to that of Notus, in that he can remember specific events from his past, but not people. He has become incredibly intelligent, being able to solve complex equations and understand lots of different subjects, but his already prevalent neuroticism has been turned up to eleven, with even the slightest infraction driving him to a rage, which can make him incredibly dangerous to deal with, but also rewarding, as his intellect allows him to answer many questions. He can also spin webs, because spider.

4. Bobby Bearhug - Callisto

Callisto is a little different from the other myths. She can remember her name, and her past, and the people around her, but only sometimes. You see, her pendant’s natural power is to absorb the excess emotion around her, and it still does that, but if she absorbs to much, then it leads to her transformation into a massive bear like monster with one goal, to make the excess stop by any means necessary. This has led to her voluntary exile in order to stop herself from hurting the people around her, which causes Bobby a great deal of pain, but it’s better than letting herself hurt the people she cares about the most. Her name comes from a nymph who was transformed into (what else) a bear by a furious Hera.

5. Pickypiggy - Limos

Unlike most of the others, Limos can hardly remember who she once was, much less the people in her life or what they mean to her. Instead she is driven by her one deepest instinct: to care and provide for the people around her. She works tirelessly to cook and prepare extravagant meals for anyone who might need it, leading to her neglecting her own health and her living environment. She also has to deal with a ravenous hunger that pains her every moment, and often leads her to devouring her dishes as soon as she finished, causing even further distress. Her name comes from the Greek goddess of starvation, which i don’t think is a very good comparison, but I can’t think of anything better, so eh.

6. KickinChicken - The Roc

Kickin’s transformed state is probably the least actively dangerous to be around. He’s a large, powerful bird capable of flying incredibly fast, as well as being incredibly loud and aggressive, but never actively harmful. His mental state is kind of the opposite of Notus and Ganesha, in that he can remember specific people and places, but not his past nor his name, and goes out of his way to try and help others. The key word being ‘try’, as his loud and aggressive demeanor often end up causing more damage than assistance. His name comes from an Arabian creature that is described as a bird of prey large enough to carry an elephant, which I thought was a good choice, and I couldn’t find any mythological chickens that really fit him.

7. Craftycorn - Apophis

Her name comes from an Egyptian monster that is said to be the embodiment of chaos and disorder, although Crafty is significantly less malevolent than her mythological counterpart. The main effect of her presence is the chaotic shifting of her environment, colors swapping and shapes changing into maelstrom of chaos around her, with the effect getting stronger the closer you get towards her, and any critter who does so has the very real risk of being torn apart. Apophis herself isn’t doing much better, with her entire body constantly melting into multicolored goop that has a consistency similar to that of candle wax. Not much is known about her mental state, as no one is brave enough to get close to her for risk of being killed, but there has to be something left of her as her maelstrom very much has the capacity to expand over the entire world and destroy it, the only reason it hasn’t is because Crafty appears to be holding it back through sheer force of willpower.

8. Catnap - Ouranos

Ouranos is probably the one who’s the most ‘in there’, besides Callisto in her non murder mode. He can remember his past life quite clearly and the people in them. In fact the only difference between him and normal Catnap is that Ouranos is slightly more apathetic towards outside events. He’s floated off into space and now observes to world from the heavens, watching as everything drifts by, because he can’t exactly leave. He can, however, see his friends suffering, and wishes he had the capability to help them in any way he could.

Once again thanks to @novalizinpeace for the au and all concepts belong to her.

[whencyclopedia]

Devi

Devi, also known as Mahadevi or 'Great Goddess', is an all-embracing Mother Goddess first worshipped in India in Prehistoric times. In the Vedic period, she was assimilated into the Hindu pantheon and so came to represent the female energy or Sakti (Power) of her husband Shiva. Both Devi (meaning goddess in Sanskrit) and Sakti may also be used more generically to reference any female Hindu goddess, especially Parvati, Lakshmi, and Sarasvati. Devi is most often manifested as the fearsome female warriors Durga and Kali, both of whom famously killed a number of terrible demons in Hindu mythology. Devi is also the mother of Nandi, Shiva's doorkeeper and bull; Skanda, the six-headed god; and Ganesha, the elephant-headed god.

Devi's character has two opposing sides represented by various separate female deities: as Uma, the benevolent, and as Durga, the terrible. It is as the latter, more fierce personification that she is most frequently worshipped. Her dark side can also take the form of the fearsome black goddess Kali. The deity has a myriad of many other names and may, for example, also be referred to as Vindhyavasini, Kanya (the Virgin), Mahamaya (the Illusion), and Bhutanayaki, the queen of the Bhuta, those ghosts and goblins who haunt graveyards, make the dead live again, and trick the living so that they might feast on their flesh.

The Two Sides of Devi: Uma & Durga

Devi's more benevolent side is worshipped as Uma, and this facet of her character is represented as both beauty and light. This softer side is also referred to as Jaganmata (Mother of the World), Gauri (Yellow and Brilliant or Golden), Bhavani, Haimvati, and Parvati (the Mountaineer).

Devi's dark side is represented as the terrible Durga (the Inaccessible) who has ten arms, an impressive armoury of weapons, and who rides a magnificent lion or tiger. This side is further manifested in the forms of Kali, Kalika or Syama (the Black Goddess); Candi or Candika (the Fierce), in which guise she killed many a demon or asura; and Bhairavi (the Terrible). Worshippers of this face of Devi seek her favours and dark powers and so make blood sacrifices and perform wild rituals in the ceremonies of Durga-puja, Carak-puja, and the Tantrikas which call on Durga's sexual and magical powers.

Continue reading...