Wishing one and all a very happy and prosperous Vinaayaka Chaviti 2020..👏💐🍨🍕🍟😊

శ్రీ గణ నాథం భజామ్యహం
శ్రీ-కరం చింతితార్థ ఫలదం

శ్రీ గురు గుహాగ్రజం అగ్ర పూజ్యం
శ్రీ-కంఠాత్మజం శ్రిత సామ్రాజ్యం (శ్రీ)

రంజిత నాటక రంగ తోషణం
శింజిత వర మణి-మయ భూషణం
ఆంజనేయావతారం సు-భాషణం
కుంజర ముఖం త్యాగరాజ పోషణం (శ్రీ)

SrI gaNa nAthaM bhajAm(y)aham
SrI-karaM cintit(A)rtha phaladam

anupallavi
SrI guru guh(A)grajam agra pUjyam
SrI kaNTh(A)tmajam Srita sAmrAjyam (SrI)

caraNam
ranjita nATaka ranga tOshaNam
Sinjita vara maNi-maya bhUshaNam
1AnjanEy(A)vatAram 2su-bhAshaNam
kunjara mukham tyAgarAja pOshaNam (SrI)

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Wishing one and all a very happy and prosperous Vinaayaka Chaviti 2020..👏💐🍨🍕🍟😊.

Here comes the most celebrated time of the year....,
" The Ganesha Navaraatra Utsav ", that is celebrated with great fervor across the length and breadth of this BharataBhoomi and also in many other places across the world, in varied forms of worshipping the elephant faced God, Gajaanan....

Hope you all are having a great time with your Ganesha Moorthi's worship at your respective homes...

Most of us are aware of the general known legends associated with Ganpatiji and his greatness like
his birth from AadiParaaShakti's haldi,
and rebirth given by Lord Shiva by attaching an elephant's face after an unfortunate incident where in he lost his actual normal super-human head (  to execute the allied Gajaasura / Mushikaasura Vadha),
Moon getting a curse by Ganesha for his arrogance in insulting Ganeshji who ate belly full of modaks, and after a sincere request from the Lord Brahma Deva on behalf of all the gods, Goddess Parvati Devi reducing / minimising the curse to only one day per year and the allied "Shyamantakoapaakhyaanam" from the Mahaabhaaratam Epic which has relieved Lord Shree Krushna from the ill effects of ChandradarShan on that BhaadrapadaSuddhaChaturthi day, and so on and so forth......

So let's discuss about the Ganapati / Gajaanana / Vinaayaka Tattwam that is one of the finest and primordial Tattwam belonging to the Panchaayatana Poojaa Vidhaanam established by
Shree AadiShankaraachaarya who is none other than Lord Shiva in his mortal avataar....

( Shaiva, Shaakteaya, Gaanaapatya, Vaishnava, Soura, Koumaaraa, are the 6 primordial daiwatattwam propounded by Shree AadiShankara bhagawadpaada taking the name of "ShanmathaSthaapanaachaarya " of which Koumaaram, (SubhrahmanyaSwaami aaraadhana ) is embedded in the Lamp lighting / DeepaPrajwalanam without which no pooja would be performed no matter what and where the occasion is....

Hence the rest of the 5 Daiwa tattwam have been embedded in the Moorti aaraadhana of

Lord Shiva ( as ShivaLingam)
Shakti / Ambika
Ganapathi
Vishnu
Soorya

respectively.......

of which we are now going to discuss the much celebrated Ganapati tattwam.....! 😊

If there is any form of God who is worshipped / celebrated in umpteen myraid names and forms across the globe, then it is the universal Lord ShreeVinaayaka

"Sumukhaschaikadantascha
kapiloGajakarnakaha
LambodarashchaVikaTo
VighnNanaashoGaNaadhipaha
DhoomaketurGaNaadhyakSho
PhaalachandroGajaananaha
VakratundahSoorpakarnah
HerambahSkandapoorvajaha....."

are the well known ShodaShaNaamam for ShreeGanesha which are extended by several other names and forms of Ganesha.

Now that we already know why Lord Ganesha has become Gajaanan, let's talk about the greatness of an elephant and thus that of the Gajaanan subsequently....

The Holy Indian cow, ( that which doesn't belong to BrahmaShrushTi and has descended from Kaamadhenu, which was born in the Ksheerasaagaramathanam. )
as explained by sathguru Shree ChaganTi gaaru many times is the most venerated being on the planet...,

Gaja pooja might be Pashupooja
Ashwa pooja might be Pashupooja
But Gopooja is Paradevataapooja.

So after the Holy Indian Cow, the next most worshipped creature in the Indian Panorama is an elephant...! 😊

An elephant holds many a significant traits that no other living being is known to possess......

1. Gaja vadanam,  the face of an elephant is one of the 5 residing places of Goddess ShreeMahaaLakshmi...

2. A human being, a monkey and an elephant, are the only 3 living beings that are classified as " Dwaipam ". i.e.,
those creatures that take the food in to their limbs / hands first and then take it in to their mouth.

3. An elephant is the only living being whose hair strand ( grown on  it's tail ) is considered auspicious and powerful to ward off any negative auras / energies present in it's vicinity.
( the hair of any other living being, including human being, ( other than ChaamariMrugam ), is considered inauspicious to be present in any holy / sanctified places. )

4. An elephant is the only living being that is a Jack of all trades and a master of many as well.....

While it is needless to talk about the physical strength of an elephant, despite being a vegan, that can counter even the strongest of the Lions,

it is also one of the most intelligent species that holds a great memory and several other cognitive abilities that are far more superior that that of a human being's....

It can figure out the existence of water streams even from several miles of distance by listening to the sound vibrations created by ripples through the water.....
( Even if they are of very minimal magnitude that are extremely low to be processed by a natural human being's comprehendable decibel range.....)

And they can also hear extremely high decibel range sounds so much so that they can predict the occurrence of a Sunaami / Earth Quake and other natural phenomenon even before they make their way to the earth's surface because of their extremely powerful hearing capabilities....

And equally powerful is their vision too....
They can break and drag out a huge tree's branch with ease and also can pick up a small needle lying on the floor with the same ease.....

An elephant is the most funniest living being to be with and most of us are very well aware of how well they are trained to entertain us in the Circus shows with their funny yet quite intelligent acts....

And at the same time, there can't be a more dangerous creature than a messed up elephant when it is hurted or insulted by anyone.
And the fact that they never forget those who have hurted them makes them even more dangerous because they are just like snakes, once the opponent's signature is captured in their must-to-be-answered memory segments, there is no escape from them no matter what.....

Apart from oysters, elephants are the only beings capable of 'fabricating pearls' inside their bodies....

And so on and so forth......

5. Now let's talk about some pearls of wisdom to be learnt from an elephant....

An elephant symbolises 
" ShivaShaktyaatmaka " tattwa sammayLanam and hence an elephant's head was rightly chosen for giving rebirth to Lord Vinaayaka as Lord Gajaanana...

When anybody looks at an elephant causally, only the trunk is visible and it's mouth remains hidden behind the trunk and it's 2 beautiful and quite powerful tusks are in between it's mouth and the trunk......

( The reference to the verse
" HastinaadaPrabodhineem...." from the mighty Shree Sooktam essentially establishes the fact that the Naadam made by an elephant symbolises the ShivaDhamaruk's naadam which is nothing but propounding the Shakti.... because from the ShivaNaadam everything else was born. It is to be noted that an elephant can't make that roaring sounds without lifting it's trunk up in to the air in the form of a snake's hood.... So ShaktiprakaTanam via Shivam happens only when both of them join together or in other words they are inseparable for their existence to be established successfully....)

Similarly when anyone looks at this world casually, only the ever existing
" Shivam " is visible and the ever pervading " Shakti " remains hidden behind the "Shivam".
i.e., the Shakti tattwam is always accompanied / followed by ShivaTattwam in this world that is full of several "dwaitabhaavana" represented by those 2 enchanting tusks....

As per GaanapatyaTattwam,

the act of Lord Ganesha, breaking one of his two tusks for the sake of Gajaasura / Mushikaasura vadha or ShreeMahaabhaarata Rachana as per the various legends,

symbolises the universal fact of the Sanaatanadharmam that is AdwaitaTattwam /
AdwaitaSiddhaantam /
AdwaitaBhaavana /
AdwaitaSthithi /
and thus finally the Adwaita Kaivalyam..!

i.e., The blessings of the Ganapati Parabrahmam will help a devotee to break the barrier of Brahma realm that constitutes of all sorts of natural and obviously existing "Dwaita Bhaavana"
to transcend themselves in to the paramount state of "AdwaitaSthithi" that is propounded by many an established authoritative spiritual statement like.,

" tattwamasi.... "
"ekam sath vipraah bahudhaavadanti.."
" aham brahmaasmi.... "
and so on and so forth.....

Thus the universal Ganapathi Paramaatma remains the most celebrated form of the Lord to be worshipped for a complete fruitful life....😊

( The VishwakSena aaraadhanam in the ShreeVaishnava form of worship is nothing but GanapathiAaraadhana..

Lord Shiva is surrounded by his RudraGanaalu and the one who holds the authority over that Ganasamooham is 'Ganapathi...'

Quite similarly,
Lord ShreeMahaaVishnu
( being the Sthithikartha  ) is surrounded by deva sainyam, and the one who holds the authority over that deva Sena is referred to as "VishwakSena".

Hence every occasion begins with Ganapati Aaradhana in general
( with VishwakSena aaraadhana in the ShreeVaishnava sampradaayam ) and then continues with the rest of the described worship methodologies......

And as per Ganaapatya Aagama Saashtram ( Aagama Shaastram is like a constitutional entity that defines and governs all the executions pertaining to that particular form of God / Worship )
there are several forms of Ganapathi
like
VidyaaGaNapathi,
ShaktiGaNapathi,
NruthyaGanapathi,
SiddhiGanapathi,
LakshmiGanapathi ( Aniruddha Vyuha Vishnu Saamyam...)
etc
where in each form of that prescribed GaNapathi moorti is aimed at bestowing that specific form of blessings significantly and an overall 'peace, prosperity, health and happiness in general.....

For example, students need the blessings of "VidyaaGanapathi" to bestow them  significant grace w.r.t to their studies to excell in their respective endeavors and hence they worship VidyaaGaNapathi accordingly....

and so on and so forth......

As believed and practiced widely,
" Kalau Kapi Kunjaraha...." ,

any form of worship generally begins with Ganapathiji's aaraadhana and gets completed with Hanumanji's aaraadhanaa
and quite interestingly the saint poet Shree TyaagaraayaSwaami has extolled Ganapathiji saying,

" AnjanEy(A)vatAram su-bhAshaNam
kunjara mukham tyAgarAja pOshaNam "

indicating that both are the derived perspectives of the same ParabhramaShakti and thus both compliment each other...! 😊

Should any of you want to visit an extremely powerful "VidyaaGanapathi ",  residing in a moorthi sculpted strictly in accordance with the tenets of the GaaNaapatyaAagama Shaastram, and a great temple in which his
" PrathisThaapana Utsawam " has been performed with a great amount of unparalleled Vedic diligence by our beloved Chairman Sir, Shree K.V.VishnuRaju gaaru,
during my B.Tech 2nd year, amidst lush green cover, then do visit the "ShreeVinaayakaSwaami Temple" in my college B.V.R.I.T, Narsapur, who remains the core reason for the great success of all the BVRITians in their respective endeavors...😊

Om GamGaNapatayea Namaha.....🙏😊