Read 151 Episodes Of Lord Ganesha and help your children learn moral values, such as honesty, courage, and devotion to parents, from the almighty Ganesha.😍🙏
Vishnu was once cursed by a woman named Vrinda. Vrinda was Jalandhar’s wife. Jalandhar was a powerful demon born out of Shiva’s anger. Vrinda’s curse turned Vishnu into a stone form, named Shaligram. The stone form of Vishnu gave rise to a demon named Kama. Kamasur performed deep penance and pleased Shiva. He asked for […]
Shiva’s furious form is named Rudra. Rudra was a creator as well as a destroyer. Once, the gods and the sages prayed to Rudra, “O Lord, the demons are creating obstacles whenever we hold any holy ritual. Please create someone who can destroy these obstacle creators.” Rudra gave rise to Vinayak through his mouth and
Lambodar agreed to help the gods and eliminate Krodhasur. Lambodar had an elephant’s face with three eyes, a big belly roped with a snake, a huge body and a small mouse as his mount. Krodhasur’s ministers told him that Lambodar was charging towards their kingdom. Krodhasur was unaware of Lambodar’s power. So he gathered a
The story of Lambodar is associated with the Mohini avatar of Vishnu and Shiva. A huge fight took place between the gods and the demons over the divine nectar (amrit) that they had found while churning the ocean of milk. Lord Vishnu then transformed into a beautiful dancer named Mohini to attract the demons’ attention
Shukracharya asked Mohasur to approach Vishnu, as only he could suggest a way to save his life. Accordingly, Mohasur went to Vishnu who said, “Mohasur, surrendering before Mahodar is the only way, by which you can save your life!” Vishnu also told Mohasur how Ganesha had always played the role of a saviour for the
Moha, a demon, was a disciple of Shukracharya who was the teacher of the demons. He taught Mohasur how to worship the Sun-god and perform a penance in the name of the Sun. Mohasur followed his teacher’s preaching and worshipped the Sun-god. The Sun-god blessed Mohasur to be a victorious king. Soon, Mohasur attained victory
Sage Gautam tried to chase away the cow that was eating the crops in his fields. As soon as he touched the cow with a blade of grass, she fell down dead. At that moment, all those sages arrived there and cursed Gautam for killing an innocent cow. They asked Gautam and his wife to
One day, Gautam’s disciples were stopped from taking water from the pond by the wives of the other sages. These wives troubled Ahalya, too. They put false allegations on her. They lied to their husbands that it was Ahalya who did not let them take water from the pond. The sages hatched a plot to
Yet one more tale tells us how Sage Gautam brought down River Ganga to earth in the form of River Godavari. Gautam and his wife Ahalya resided on a mountain called Brahmaparvat. Deep penance was performed by the sage and his wife for ten thousand years. During their long worship, there was a drought in
On hearing Sage Gautam’s plea, Ganesha proposed a solution. “Can you bring down River Ganga to earth from Shiva’s hair? Then you could be freed from the sin when the holy water touches the dead body of the cow,” Ganesha told Gautam. As Ganesha had befriended all the sages, they too agreed to what Ganesha
Ganesha went to Gautam’s hermitage and started living there. He became friendly with everyone there. One day, he told Jaya, Parvati’s companion, to assume the form of a cow and eat up all the grain in Gautam’s fields. Ganesha said, “When the sages will find you eating the grain, they will try to get you
Legends say River Ganga was brought down to earth through Shiva’s matted hair. During the descent, a part of Ganga got entangled in his hair. Goddess Parvati disliked the fact that Shiva was overly fond of Ganga. She tried cajoling Shiva to let the rest of Ganga descend to earth. But Shiva did not pay
Matsar stared in disbelief when he saw the ganas and the gods defeating his army easily. He quicky sent his two sons to the warfront. Unfortunately, they too were killed. Matsar was devastated by his sons’ death, but he had to face Vakratund. With an axe in his left hand and a sharp-edged discus in
On hearing that Shiva was going to punish him, Matsar became furious. He directed his army towards Mount Kailash, whereas Shiva instructed his ganas to safeguard Mount Kailash. A terrible battle took place between the demons and the ganas. In the end, the ganas were overpowered by the demon army. Matsar’s son Sundarpriya took over
A demon named Matsar (greedy) wanted to defeat Indra and also conquer all the three worlds. He shared his desire with Shukracharya, the guru of demons, and asked for advice. Shukracharya told him to please Lord Shiva. Matsar performed severe penance by standing on one leg for 10,000 years. Shiva was pleased with his devotion
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