Ganapati Chaturthi is annually celebrated in the Bhadrapada month on the waxing fourth day. Omkara tattvam is Ganapati swaroopam. Ganapati receives first worship in all events. Thus, the “Prathama Puja” is offered to Ganapati. Though we address him as the “Lord of the Ganas/Forces”, which is a titular position, he has sixteen formal names.

One of the best, which is also the first, is Sumukha, pleasant-faced. This is from a visual and coolness perspective. Eka-danta is another name by which he is addressed, as the second danta was sacrificed. Due to the reddish colour of the........

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