Lord Ganesh Batik Painting

        Ganesh the elephant headed god of wisdom and success is the defenderand remover of obstacles and has to be propitiated first before worshipto other gods. He is one of the sons of Shiva. He is known as "SidhiData" or bestower of success in the work.. His elephant head has onlyone full tusk, while other is broken. He said to have lost it in afight with Parasuram. It is also said that he broke it to write theMahabharata to the dictation of sage Vyasa. His elephant head isbelieved to be an emblem of wisdom and his mount an emblem of sagacity.His mount is the "Mooshika" called shrew. He is also known as Vinayaka.