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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