Ganesha

HinduElephant-headed god

MythologyHindu

RoleElephant-headed god

About Ganesha

Remover of obstacles and god of new beginnings. Son of Shiva and Parvati. His head was replaced with an elephant's after Shiva beheaded him. Wrote the Mahabharata as dictated by Vyasa. One of the most widely worshipped Hindu deities. Every Hindu ceremony begins with an invocation to Ganesha.

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