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         LORD VINAYAKA-BESTOWER OF BOONS

                                          BY S.V. VARADHARAJAN

    Lord vinayaka is the foremost deity in the Hindu Mythology and Hagiological scriptures.On account
of this we find that the festival devoted to vinayaka - "vinayaka chathurthi" is the most important in the series
of Hindu festivals.Ussually , we find people praying to Lord Vinayaka first before initiating or commencing any work , function or project.We also recite a sloka on vinayaka at the beginning of imprtant events.The
word vinayaka connotes an an important leader with no equal.Also
,we find in vinayaka's figure, the representative aspects of many
deities.His navel(Nabi) represents Brahama,the face, that of vishnu,eyes-Sun and the Moon.Left side-Sakthi's figure and right side - Siva's figure.Thus lord vinayaka's figure  is a combination of many deities.Vinayaka is capable of performing the five main functions.He has a stylus in his hand which represents creation,
his hand holding a sweet dish(Modhakam) signifies protection,the hand which holds a hooked instrument(Ankusam) symbolises destruction,pasam(rope like instrument)denotes sheltering and
his trunk holding a small cup with nector representing his benificial
nature. Vinayaka Puranam explains the magnificence of Lord
Vinayaka in detail.Brahma first learnt this Purana from Lord Siva
and taught this to Vyasa who in turn, preached this to Brigu Muni.
It was Brigu Muni who made out this Purana into two parts as
"Upasana Kandam" and "Leela Kandam" consisting of 250 divisions and composed twelve thousand slokas.
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