Rohini Nakshatra
Significance of Vigna Ganapati Vigna Ganapati is regarded as the 9th among the 32 different forms of Ganapati. The Sanskrit word ‘Vigna’ refers to obstructions, impediments, remaining agitated, etc. Vigna Ganapati is hence regarded as the Lord one who can remove such obstacles and difficulties, and clear the way for progress and success. Vigna Ganapati is a rare form, as he holds Shankha (conch) and Chakra (discus), in two of his hands, very similar to Lord Vishnu . The other hands of this eight-armed Lord are having in them, his broken tusk and his favorite sweet Modak (dumpling), noose, elephant goad, battle ax, sugarcane and flower arrow. He is resplendent in golden yellow color, is fully decorated with ornaments all over his body and holds a bunch of flowers at the end of his curved trunk, known as pushpamanjari. He can be seen as a painting in the Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram and as a sculpture in some temples in Mysore region, where all the 32 G...
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