"So can I give you the background history of Ganesha?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, I'm desperate for it."
"Okay but it's a long story, and we are going to be here for awhile," she informs.
"We have all the time, remember, we are on Christmas break," taking a sip from his Coka Cola cup.
"Okay, so the birth of Ganesha was one day Goddess Parvati was at home on Mt.Kailash preparing for a bath, and as she didn’t want to be disturbed, she told Nandi, her husband Shiva’s Bull, to guard the door and told it that let no one pass. Nandi faithfully took his post, intending to carry out Parvati’s wishes, but, when Shiva came home and naturally wanted to come inside, Nandi had to let him pass, being loyal first to Shiva.
Parvati was angry at this slight, but even more than that, the fact that she had no one as loyal to herself as Nandi was to Shiva, so, taking the turmeric paste for bathing from her body and breathing life into it, she created Ganesha, declaring him to be her own loyal son.
The next time Parvati wished to bathe, she posted Ganesha on guard duty at the door, so Shiva came home only to find this strange boy telling him he couldn’t enter his own house, furious, Shiva ordered his army to destroy the boy, but they all failed. Such power did Ganesha possess, being the son of Devi Herself, so this surprised Shiva. Seeing that was no ordinary boy, the usually peaceful Shiva decided he would have to fight him, and in his divine fury severed Ganesha’s head, killing him instantly. So when Parvati learned about this, she was enraged and insulted, so she decided to destroy the entire Creation, Lord Brahma, being the Creator, naturally had his issues with this, and pleaded that she reconsider her drastic plan. She said she would, but only on two conditions were met. One, that Ganesha be brought back to life, and two, that he be forever worshipped before all the other gods....There is more..."
"This story is just getting more and more interesting, please spare it all," he said eagerly.
Author Ciara Webb
Story written by Ciara Webb
Co-author Mansi Rupesh More
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