Tagged: Ganesh

|| Shubh Ganesh Chaturthi ||

Today is ”Ganesh Chaturthi” – the auspicious day on which we celebrate the birth of  Shri Ganesh. Shri Ganesh is widely revered as the remover of obstacles (”VidhnhartA”) and is usually invoked when beginning something...

Of “Monkey Gods” and “Elephant Heads”

Last month (Nov 27), TIME ran a cover story (see “The Pope Confronts Islam“) on the confrontation between Islam and Christianity in the context of Pope’s remarks about the Islam. I came across several...