From clay to boy to elephant god
How would you react to a mystery child?
Ganesh was the son of Shiva and Parvati brother of Karthikeya god of war. He was created by his mother who used earth to sculpt a boy.
While Shiva was away on a spiritual trip Parvati instructed her son to stand guard while she bathed but when Shiva returned home and saw the boy he was enraged by the claims he was Parvati's son and so Shiva called upon a gang of demons to strike the boy down for his lies.
Ganesh defended himself with ease which only further angered Shiva forcing him to summon Vishnu who appeared in the form of Maya in order to distract Ganesh with her beauty long enough so that Shiva could cut off the boy's head.
Hearing all the commotion brought Parvati outside from her bath as she saw what had happened in her absence she began arguing with Shiva that he would kill their son without a second thought.
Seeing how upset Parvati was and that the boy's claims were in fact true Shiva was filled with regret and ordered his men find a new head be found for his son. The first living thing the men came across was an elephant and so Ganesh gained the new head of an elephant with that came great knowledge and wisdom he also became the most well known god in Hinduism today.
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