Unknow And Interesting Facts About Our Lord Ganesha

Lord Ganesha is worshiped by Buddhists too. In Buddhism, Lord Ganesha is referred to as Vinayaka and is worshiped in countries like Tibet, China, and Japan.

Ganesh is known for his peace and calm nature. But once Ganesh got angry when moon laughed at Ganesha’s fat belly. As a result, Ganesha cursed the moon and said that on Vinayaka Chaturthi, whoever will look at the moon, they will be falsely blamed. That’s why people believe in not looking at the moon on Ganesh Chaturthi.

The Tulasi tree daily we offer puja is once a goddess, who is very fond of Lord Ganesh and asked him to marry him. She used to annoy Ganesh always to marry her, in reply Ganesha says ‘I Don’t Want To Marry Anyone’. Listening to this, Tulasi cursed Ganesha that he will be married soon.

Most of the South Indians believed that Ganesha is a Brahmacharya, where other parts of India believed that Lord Ganesha was married to the twin sisters named Riddhi (Goddess of prosperity) and Siddhi ( Goddess of Intellect)

Upon Vyasa’s request, Lord Ganesha wrote Mahabharathan using his broken tusk when the feather quill broke down in between.

According to Hindu books and mythology, Lord Vishnu himself reincarnated as Lord Ganesha after the insistence of Shiva & Parvati fasted for years (punyaka vrata) to grant them a son. Accordingly, Ganesha was born to Parvati as a charming infant.