Ganesh

Also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka

The elephant-headed remover of obstacles, invoked at the start of any undertaking.

Karva Chauth

The Vrat for a Husband’s Long Life and Wellbeing

Ganesh Puja

Home Worship of Lord Ganesha

The Birth of Ganesha

How Parvati created Ganesha, and how he came to have the head of an elephant.

Griha Pravesh Puja Vidhi

The Hindu Housewarming Ritual

A Simple Daily Puja

A traditional step-by-step home puja sequence, from purification and Sankalpa through offerings, Aarti, and closing prayers, adaptable to any deity.

Aarti

The Sacred Science of Light

Ashta Vinayaka

Eight Swayambhu Ganesha Temples

Santoshi Mata and the Vow of Sixteen Fridays

Santoshi Mata, born from Ganesha's joy to be a sister for his sons Shubh and Labh, and the sixteen-Friday vow through which devotees seek her grace.

Stotras

Vakratunda Mahakaya

A well-loved Ganesha prayer: curved-trunk, great-bodied Lord of ten million suns' radiance, make all my undertakings free of obstacles, always.

1 verse

Bhajans

Aarti to Lord Ganesh (Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh)

The popular Hindi Ganesh aarti: his parents, tusk and four arms, his mouse, laddu offerings, and boons for every seeker.

9 verses

Chalisas

Shri Ganesh Chalisa

A forty-verse hymn praising Ganesha, remover of obstacles, recited for wisdom, prosperity, and success at the start of new endeavors.

43 verses

Stotras

Shri Ashtavinayaka Stotram

A one-verse hymn naming the eight Ganesha shrines of Maharashtra, from Moreshwar at Morgaon to Ganapati at Ranjangaon, for lasting well-being.

2 verses

Shlokas

A Hymn to Lord Ganesha: Agajanana Padmarkam

A short anonymous Ganesha verse, 'Agajanana padmarkam', in which devotees meditate on the elephant-faced, one-tusked Lord day and night.

1 verse

Ashtakams

Ganesha Pancharatnam — Verse 1

A Sanskrit hymn praising Lord Ganesha as the bringer of joy, remover of obstacles, and sole refuge of the leaderless. Verse 1 of 5 in the Ganesha Pancharatnam.

1 verse

Shlokas

Meditation on Vishnu for the Removal of Obstacles

A Sanskrit dhyana verse on the white-robed, moon-hued, four-armed, gracious-faced Lord, chanted to calm all obstacles before worship or study.

1 verse

Stotras

Shri Ashtavinayaka Stotram (Marathi Mahatmya Edition)

The Ashtavinayaka Stotram as it opens the Marathi Mahatmya edition, naming the eight Ganesha shrines of Maharashtra.

3 verses

Aartis

Ghalin Lotangan: Marathi Prayers of Surrender After Aarti

Ghalin Lotangan, the Marathi prayer sung after aarti: a stanza by Sant Namdev, Sanskrit surrender verses, the Hare Rama mantra and Ganesha's Morya call.

6 verses

Stotras

Prayer with 108 Names of Shri Uchchishtagananatha

A hymn of 108 names praising Ucchishta Ganapati, the Tantric form of Ganesha, by the ascetic Ramanandendra Sarasvati Svamigal.

1 verse

Stotras

Ucchishta Ganapati Puja Paddhati

The opening of a Tantric manual for worshipping Ucchishta Ganapati: the preparatory rites, atonement and the panchagavya purification verse.

4 verses

Stotras

Uchchishtaganapati Uchchishtachandalinyupasana Panchang

The opening of the Ucchishta Ganapati Panchanga: its table of contents and the nine-syllable mantra of Ucchishta Ganapati.

3 verses

Bhajans

Kabhi Ram Banke Kabhi Shyam Banke (Come, Lord, in Every Form)

A joyful bhajan inviting the Lord to come as Ram, Shyam, Shiva, Vishnu or Ganesha, each with consort and emblem.

11 verses

Upanishads

The Ganapati Atharvashirsha (Ganapati Upanishad)

The Ganapati Atharvashirsha (Ganapati Upanishad), an Atharvaveda-tradition text praising Ganesha as Brahman and the Self.

86 verses

Stotras

Rinamukti Shri Ganesh Stotram: The Hymn for Liberation from Debt

A hymn to Mahaganapati for release from debt, with a promise of relief after six months of recitation at the three twilights.

11 verses

Stotras

Sankata Nashana Ganesha Stotram

An eight-verse prayer credited to the Narada Purana that lists Ganesha's twelve names, chanted daily to ease distress and bring success.

8 verses

Stotras

Shri Ganesha Ashtottara Shatanamavali

The Ganesha Ashtottara Shatanamavali: 108 names of Ganesha, each with Om and namah, for worshipping the Remover of Obstacles and Lord of Beginnings.

108 verses