7 Secrets of Shiva
On this Ganesh Chathurti or Ganpati, as the festival is popularly known in Maharashtra, Devdutt Pattanaik in this extract from 7 Secrets of Shiva, narrates several stories about Ganesha’s birth -- the one in which Shiva beheads him; when Shiva and Shakti make love taking the form of elephants; when Shiva creates a child of his own image for His wife’s pleasure but since he looks too much like the father, Shakti replaces his head with that of an elephant. A perfect obeisance to a God who is worshipped across India as the ‘remover of obstacles’ during the ten-day festival which is celebrated with much gusto.
| Country | USA |
| Author | Devdutt Pattanaik |
| Binding | Kindle Edition |
| Format | Kindle eBook |
| Label | Westland |
| Manufacturer | Westland |
| NumberOfPages | 40 |
| PublicationDate | 2017-08-18 |
| Publisher | Westland |
| ReleaseDate | 2017-08-18 |
| Studio | Westland |