Ganesha Chalisa
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Ganesh Chalisa (Hindi: गणेश चालीसा, "Forty chaupais on Ganesh") is a devotional song based on Lord Ganesh as the model devotee of the Hindu. It is a poem written in the Awadhi language.
Ganesh, son of Shiva, one of the most popular Hindu deities is elephant-headed, pot-bellied, mouse-riding God. He is the Lord of knowledge, wisdom, success and wealth. Ganesh is usually depicted as having one broken tusk, sometimes held as a pen in his lower right hand – a symbol of sacrifice, as he broke the tusk for writing the Mahabharata. .
Ganesh Chalisa has gained enormous popularity among the modern-day Hindus. Many of them recite it as a prayer daily.
Each of the 40 Verses of the Ganesh Chalisa convey one particular form of blessing and depending on the Bhava or Shraddha (faith and devotion) of the devotee, the fruits of the particular verse are attained.
See also
- Ganesh Chalisa at wikisource (English)
- गणेश_चालीसा at wikisource (Hindi)