Shukla Paksha Chaturthi, Bhadrapada
Celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles.
How Parvati created Ganesha, and how he came to have the head of an elephant.
Eight Swayambhu Ganesha Temples
A well-loved Ganesha prayer: curved-trunk, great-bodied Lord of ten million suns' radiance, make all my undertakings free of obstacles, always.
The popular Hindi Ganesh aarti: his parents, tusk and four arms, his mouse, laddu offerings, and boons for every seeker.
A forty-verse hymn praising Ganesha, remover of obstacles, recited for wisdom, prosperity, and success at the start of new endeavors.
A one-verse hymn naming the eight Ganesha shrines of Maharashtra, from Moreshwar at Morgaon to Ganapati at Ranjangaon, for lasting well-being.
A short anonymous Ganesha verse, 'Agajanana padmarkam', in which devotees meditate on the elephant-faced, one-tusked Lord day and night.
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.
A Sanskrit dhyana verse on the white-robed, moon-hued, four-armed, gracious-faced Lord, chanted to calm all obstacles before worship or study.
The Ashtavinayaka Stotram as it opens the Marathi Mahatmya edition, naming the eight Ganesha shrines of Maharashtra.
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.
A hymn of 108 names praising Ucchishta Ganapati, the Tantric form of Ganesha, by the ascetic Ramanandendra Sarasvati Svamigal.
The opening of a Tantric manual for worshipping Ucchishta Ganapati: the preparatory rites, atonement and the panchagavya purification verse.
The opening of the Ucchishta Ganapati Panchanga: its table of contents and the nine-syllable mantra of Ucchishta Ganapati.
A joyful bhajan inviting the Lord to come as Ram, Shyam, Shiva, Vishnu or Ganesha, each with consort and emblem.
The Ganapati Atharvashirsha (Ganapati Upanishad), an Atharvaveda-tradition text praising Ganesha as Brahman and the Self.
A hymn to Mahaganapati for release from debt, with a promise of relief after six months of recitation at the three twilights.
The Ganesha Ashtottara Shatanamavali: 108 names of Ganesha, each with Om and namah, for worshipping the Remover of Obstacles and Lord of Beginnings.