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http://hinduism.about.com/od/lordganesha/a/ganesha.htm

http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/ganesha/

http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/indian_mythology_stories/ganesh.htm

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Ganesha's animal is the elephant, but he is seen riding a mouse.

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Ganesha is married to the two daughters of Brahma, Buddhi and Siddhi

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Ganesha is the only god to be associated with the sacred sound Om in a physical sense. His trunk symbolizes this sound.

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Ganesha's elephant head symbolizes the god's great wisdom.

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Ganesha figures with only two hands are taboo, so the statues are commonly seen with four. There are also versions with up to 14 hands, each carrying a symbol.

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When both of the brothers Ganesha and Karthik were young, one of the Devas asked, "Who is the wiser of the two brothers?"  After pondering about this question for a while, a doubt spread across the Devas.  They decided to ask Lord Brahma because it was thought that since Lord Brahma is the creator of the world, he of all people should know the answer.  When the Devas went to Brahma, they asked him about their doubt and he said that he does not know.  He is only the creator and not the divine.  Brahma considered of who could figure out the answer to such a question, he took the Devas to his son, Narada.  Narada was known for is constant trickery and pranks.  Narada immediately went to Shiva and Parvathi, their parents.  He presented them with a golden mango.  He said, "this is a golden mango and only one of you two can eat it because it is impossible to cut.  Shiva and Parvathi quickly offered the golden mango to each other and finally decide they are going to give it to one of their sons.  The question was that they have two children and there is only one mango.  The parents decided to have a contest to see who was the better son.  Ganesha and Karthik had to race around the world twice and whoever got back first won the golden mango. Instead of racing around the world like Karthik was, Ganesha walked around his parents 3 times and told them that "I'm your son and you make up the world to me."  Shiva was pleased with Ganesha's answer and gave him the golden mango.

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In his upper right hand, the god holds a goad, which is to propel humans forward and remove obstacles from their path. In his left hand, the held noose is to capture all difficulties. The sweet in his trunk symbolizes that one must discover the sweetness of atman.

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The head of this god symbolizes atman and his body symbolizes maya.