7 Secrets of Shiva
On this Ganesh Chathurti or Ganpati, as the festival is popularly known in Maharashtra, Devdutt Pattanaik in this extract from 7 Secrets of Shiva, narrates several stories about Ganesha’s birth -- the one in which Shiva beheads him; when Shiva and Shakti make love taking the form of elephants; when Shiva creates a child of his own image for His wife’s pleasure but since he looks too much like the father, Shakti replaces his head with that of an elephant. A perfect obeisance to a God who is worshipped across India as the ‘remover of obstacles’ during the ten-day festival which is celebrated with much gusto.
Country | USA |
Author | Devdutt Pattanaik |
Binding | Kindle Edition |
Format | Kindle eBook |
Label | Westland |
Manufacturer | Westland |
NumberOfPages | 40 |
PublicationDate | 2017-08-18 |
Publisher | Westland |
ReleaseDate | 2017-08-18 |
Studio | Westland |