Ganesh, also called Ganapati, the elephant headed God of Wisdom and
Success is the defender and remover of obstacles and has to be
propritiated first before worshiping other Gods. He is one of the
sons of Siva and Parvati. He is known as "Sidhi Data" or bestower of
success in the work. His elephant head is believed to be an emblem
of wisdom. His head often has one full tusk, while the other is
broken. It is said that he lost it in a fight or that he used it to
dictate the Maha-Bharata to the sage Vyasa. His mount or standard is
a rat, a symbol in Hindu fable of the sagasity & trickery of this
world, much like the fox in the west. So it is natural that the rat
should first be conquered, then subdued and employed by the being
who represents spiritual strength, whom he was bound to recognise as
his superior, since his own cunning would tell him that Ganesh would
prove a better guide than even his own perspicacity.

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