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Ganesha? Can we workship Him?

Posted by Monica MeeraBai on January 15, 2015 at 3:48am

Hare Krishna to all,

I would like to ask what is exactly the position of Iskcon about worship Ganesha? We can pay respects to Ganesha? also we can talk to him? offerring things?

Not thinking that Ganesh is equal to Krishna, of course not! But i would like a enlightening about what type of position we need to have when we talk about Ganesh.

Thank you to all,

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  • Aravind S January 15, 2015 at 9:03am

    Hare Krishna,

                        We must worship him. 

    Ganesa is a devotee of Lord Krsna, and we can pray to him to remove obstacles on the road to Krsna consciousness. In this regard, Brahma- Samhita (5.50) explains that Ganesa is Krsna's devotee. The success achieved by worshiping Ganesa depends on Lord Krsna, and therefore such worship should ultimately be directed to Krsna: "For the power to destroy all obstacles to progress in the three mundane worlds, Ganesa holds on his elephant head the lotus feet of Govinda. I worship Govinda, Krsna, the primeval Lord."

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