This is a matter of experience
All the yogis who had done meditation and
and who had balanced power points within their bodies
had experienced that
Ganapati is situated in the mooladhara.
This is not an imagination.
It has been mentioned distinctly in Vedas
Shankaracharya has described Ganapati in various beautiful ways
(Shloka)
He described Ganapathi as formless….the one who was never born, the one with no opinion
or idea, the one who is formless, the one with and without joy
He is the oneness
(Shloka)
He is the one with the parameters of Brahma.
Such is your stature, Oh Lord, I salute you!
There is a power which gives the mooladhar the divinity of Ganapathi
This is how He is.. He is in front of me, behind me
Ganapati Atharvashesha describes it so Oh Lord, Where are you?
(Shloka)
Your are Lord Indra, Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, Lord Rudra, Lord Shiva
You exist in everyone's form
Then where are you?
You are below me, behind me, above me, beside me and all around me
Everything is based on you
You are the provider, You are the one who holds everything
This manner Ganapathi is considered as
the eternally virtuous
(Shloka)
You are beyond all virtues.
(Shloka)
You can be reached only through knowledge.
(Shloka)
When sages meditate, the space element within them is You
(Shloka)
You are the Chief of all groups
(Shloka)
You are the cause for this Universe.
Which means…from where this Universe is created
You are there You are the seed
(Shloka)
You are the manifestation of knowledge.
(Shloka)
You are the chief of all Lord
You are the beginning and end of all virtues
You are the beginning of joy
If someone experiences joy, it is only because of you.
(Shloka)
You are the chief of all virtues
(Shloka)
There is no place in this world, where you not there
(Shloka)
Everyone, consciously or unconsciously, worship you
If any devotion arises from one’s mind, it is towards you.
(Shloka)
Thousands of mile away in Peru we found Ganesha’s idols
and also found in Mexico.
Lord Ganapathi has been worshipped all over the world from time immemorial
And this is what Shankaracharya teaches through this work
So it is You who exist in all these various forms
So when people wanted to celebrate the festival, they started making idols in clay and prayed,
“Oh Lord! you are present everywhere, you are there in my heart
Come out and place yourself in the idol
Thereby I induct my consciousness, which is You into the idol” and thus they celebrated the festival.
We offered laddoos and modakas (Ganesh’s favourite sweets) and shared those among us
and consumed in Ganesha’s name. This too is celebration
After the celebrations we plead Lord to come back to our mind and then we immerse the idol in water
This ritual is an effort to make the layman understand the superior wisdom
that lies in the concept of Lord Ganesha.
Everyone cannot comprehend that the Lord Ganapathi lies within oneself.
But everyone worships Him
Hence the ancient sages developed this ritual for the people to worship the God within oneself.
When you look at the idol, don't think it is just an idol.
Think that the Lord himself is sitting there.
This aspect brings the devotion in the ritual.