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The Ganesha Chalisa (Awadhi: गणेश चालीसा, romanized: Gaṇeśa Chālisā, lit. 'forty quatrains on Ganesha') is a Hindu devotional hymn addressed to the deity Ganesha. It consists of forty chaupais (quatrain verses in Indian poetry). It is written in the Awadhi language.
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Ganesha (/gəɳeɕᵊ/, Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Pillaiyar, and Lambodara, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon [4] and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. [5]
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Many families worship Ganesha in the form of patri (leaves used for worshiping Ganesha or other gods), a picture is drawn on paper or small silver idols. In some households Ganesha idols are hidden, a feature unique to Ganesh Chaturthi in Goa due to a ban on clay Ganesha idols and festivals by the Jesuits as part of the Inquisition. [43]
Ganesha Sahasranamas are recited in many temples today as a living part of Ganesha devotion. There are two different major versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama, with subvariants of each version. One major version appears in chapter I.46 of the Ganesha Purana ( Gaṇeśa Purāṇa ), an important scripture of the Ganapatya ( Gāṇapatya ).
The Hindu devotional Bhakti traditions place a focus on repetitive prayer, known as japa. Prayer is centred on the personal forms of gods and goddesses, such as Vishnu's avatars, most notably Rama and Krishna, Shiva, or Shiva's sons such as Kartikeya and Ganesha, as well as Mahadevi, the supreme goddess, and her forms, such as Lakshmi or Kali.
Ghurye notes that the text identifying Ganesa with the Brahman and is of a very late origin, [7] while Courtright and Thapan date it to the 16th or 17th century. [8] [9]While the Ganapati Atharvaśīrṣa is a late text, the earliest mention of the word Ganapati is found in hymn 2.23.1 of the 2nd-millennium BCE Rigveda. [10]