Ganesha

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Hindu deity god

Ganesha is a widely revered Hindu god known as the remover of obstacles and the patron of wisdom, learning, and new beginnings, typically depicted with an elephant head and a pot-bellied human body.

Aliases (3)

Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu deity → god →
associatedPhilosophy	Ganapatya tradition →
associatedWith	auspiciousness → good fortune → intellect → learning → prosperity → removal of obstacles → wisdom →
consort	Buddhi → Riddhi → Siddhi →
culturalRole	pan-Indian deity → popular deity in Hindu diaspora → widely worshipped across South Asia →
deityType	god of beginnings → patron of arts and sciences → patron of learning → remover of obstacles →
depictedAs	elephant-headed deity → four-armed figure → pot-bellied human body →
domain	arts → commerce → education → household rituals → literature →
epithet	Lord of Beginnings → Lord of Learning → Lord of Wisdom → Lord of the Ganas → Remover of Obstacles →
family	Parvati → Shiva →
favoriteFood	modaka →
festival	Ganesh Chaturthi →
gender	male →
hasAspect	Ekadanta → Gajanana → Heramba Ganapati → Lambodara → Maha Ganapati → Mahodara → Nritya Ganapati → Siddhi Vinayaka → Uchchhishta Ganapati → Vakratunda →
holds	axe → broken tusk → noose → sweet bowl →
iconographicAttribute	curved trunk → elephant head → large belly → large ears → mouse vehicle → single tusk →
majorFestivalRegion	Andhra Pradesh → Bali → Cambodia → Goa → Indonesia → Karnataka → Maharashtra → Myanmar → Nepal → Odisha → South India → Sri Lanka → Tamil Nadu → Telangana → Thailand → Western India →
otherName	Ganapati → Vighneshvara → Vinayaka →
parent	Parvati → Shiva →
religion	Hinduism →
scripturalMention	Ganapati Upanishad → Ganesha Purana → Mudgala Purana → Puranas →
sibling	Kartikeya → Skanda →
symbol	modaka → om →
vehicle	mouse → rat →
veneratedBy	Buddhists → Hindus → Jains →
worshipContext	beginning of rituals → educational undertakings → start of new ventures →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hinduism → Koneswaram Temple →	hasDeity
Diwali →	associatedDeity
Shiva →	fatherOf
Ganesha ("Heramba Ganapati") →	hasAspect
Sambisari Temple ("statue of Ganesha") →	hasFeature
Ganesh Chaturthi →	mainDeity
Ganesha ("Ganapati") →	otherName
Smartism →	panchayatanaPujaIncludes
Smartism →	recognizesDeity
Kartikeya →	sibling
Shaivism →	venerates