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Photos & Mantras – Ganesh Festival 2008 in Paris

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THE GANESHA MANTRA

Om parvati pataye

Hara hara hara mahadev

Gajananam buta

Ganadi sevatam

Kapitha jambu

Phalacharu bhakshanam

Umasutam shoka

Vinasha karakam

Namami vigneshvara

Pada pankajam



©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard


O elephant-faced God, Ganesha,

you are served by the attendants of Shiva

and you eat forest apples and blackberries.

You are Uma’s son, the destroyer of sorrows.

I bow to the lotus feet of the remover of obstacles.

©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

Ganesha

He sees, He listens,

He cares.

©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard



GANESHA OPENING MANTRA

Om Parvati Pataye

Hara Hara MAhadev

Gajanam Buta Ganadi Sevatam

KApitha Jamba Phalacham

Bhaksshanam

Umasutam Shoka Vinasha Karakam

NAmani Vighneshwara Pada Pankajam

O Elephant-faced God, Ganesha,

You are served by the attendants of Shiva

and you eat forest apples and blackberries,

You are Uma’s son, the destroyer of sorrows.

I bow the lotus feet of the remover of obstacles.


©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard



GANESHA GAYATRI

Om tatpurusaya vidmahe

Vakratundaya dhimahi

Tanno dantih prachodayat om

May we know the single tusked one

May we meditate on the one with the curved trunk

May that tusked one inspire us that knowledge and meditation of ours.


©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard



O, GAnesha,

elephant headed one,

remove the obstacles of my live,

that are in the way of happiness.

©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

Aum

©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

“Om Parvati Putaaye, Hara Hara Hara Mahadev

Gajaananam Bhoota Ganaadhi Sevitam

Kapitta Jamboophaala Saara Bhakshitam

Umaasutam Shoka Vinaasha Kaaranam

Namaami Vighneswara Paada Pankajam”

Lord Ganesha is the Supreme Being with an elephant head.

Ganesha is always attended by the group of his followers (Ganas).

He loves to eat wood-apple and rose-apple fruits (Kapitta, Jamboophala).
Ganpati is the son of Goddess Uma (Parvati).

Ganesha is the destroyer of all misery and pain.

We salute to the lotus feet God.


©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

Ganesha’s head symbolizes the Atman or the soul,

which is the ultimate supreme reality of human existence,

and his human body signifies Maya

or the earthly existence of human beings.

©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

Ganesha and His brother Lord Subramanya (Kartikya) once

had a dispute as to who was the elder of the two.

The matter was referred to Lord Shiva for final decision.

Shiva decided that whoever would make a tour of the whole world

and come back first to the starting point had the right to be the elder.
Subramanya flew off at once on his vehicle, the peacock,

to make a circuit of the world.

But the wise Ganesha went, in loving worshipfulness, around His divine parents

and asked for the prize of His victory.

Lord Shiva said,

“Beloved and wise Ganesha!

But how can I give you the prize; you did not go around the world?”

Ganesha replied,

“No, but I have gone around my parents.

My parents represent the entire manifested universe!”

Thus the dispute was settled in favour of Lord Ganesha,

who was thereafter acknowledged as the elder of the two brothers.

Mother Parvati also gave Him a fruit as a prize for this victory.

In the Ganapathi Upanishad, Ganesha is identified with the Supreme Self.

The legends that are connected with Lord Ganesha

are recorded in the Ganesha Khanda of the Brahma Vivartha Purana.

As Retold By Swami Sivananda

©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

Salutations to the supreme Lord Ganesha,

whose curved trunk and massive body shines like a million suns

and showers his blessings on everyone.

Oh my lord of lords Ganesha, kindly remove all obstacles,

always and forever from all my activites and endeavors.


©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

Aum Sri Ganeshya namah

Aum Sri Mahaganapatyé

Aum Gam Ganapatayé Namah

Aum Sri Vinayakayai Namah.

©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard
©photo Josiane Delaporte-Digard

THE END…

© Josiane Delaporte-Digard
© Josiane Delaporte-Digard

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