On our first class, we participated in a Ganesh Puja. A Puja is a Hindu ritual as an offering for various deities. We started our program with a Puja because we wanted to receive Ganesh's blessing on our journey of learning yoga. Ganesh is the Lord of Success, the Remover of Obstacles, and the Lord of Beginnings. Long story made short: Ganesh is the son of Shiva and Parvati. Shiva created Ganesh and cut his head off when he came in between her and Parvati. She then replaced his head with that of an elephant. Ganesh is the Indian deity with the human body and elephant head.
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