Q: Why the Lord Ganesh’s head is Elephant’s head?
A: All the Images of the Gods & Goddesses are related to the Mythological stories & in this case, Ganesh [son of Parvoti & Shiva] was entrusted by his mother Parvati, to guard the door so that No one can enter. Ganesh obeyed the mother’s command & turned down the Lord Shiva to go near his wife Parvati.

The compassionate Lord Shiva replaced Ganesh’ head by the Elephant’s head so that devotees could now go to the mother Parvati. Interpretation of the Elephant’ head: The Elephant can uproot a large tree & also can pick up a pin, so acute sense of discrimination power. The Ganesh can screen the genuine devotee & allow to go close to the mother of the Universe. Moreover, one can not enter to the divine mother’s room with the head [or EGO] on the shoulder [final resting place of the HEAD is at the lower left hand of mother Kali.]

Q: What are the TEN Mahavidyas?
A: The TEN Mahavidyas are the TEN divine forces:

GOOD	EVIL
1. Kali [power of change]	1. Chinnamasta [end of existence]
2. Tara [potential power]	2. Bhairavi [power of destruction]
3. Sorhasi [power of perfection]	3. Dhumavati [Ignorance]
4. Bhuvaneshari [power of space]	4. Bagola-mukhi [power of illusion]
5. Kamala [power of joy]	5. Matangi [power of domination]
Thus the Power of the Universe are in a state of equilibrium.

Q: What is the DIWALI festival?
A: On the New-moon nite of the month Karttika [the Kali-puja nite], one hundred & eight candle lights are shown to our ancestors [there are other interpretations also prevailed in different parts of India]. The mythological story behind this ancestor-worship is as follows [from; Sathapatha Brahmana]: The name of the month Karttika [Oct-Nov] originates from the FIRST Nakshatra KRITTIKAH of the 27 nakshatra-system of the Lunar mansions, when the moon is full-moon [moon at this nakshatra in the beginning of Aries & Sun is in Libra].

The Krittikah nakshatra [or PLEIADES] was originally consist of SEVEN bright stars [or seven mothers] who were the wives of the Seven Sages [seven stars of the Ursa Major encircling the pole from which the gotras or linages originate]. The seven sisters had the guardian [or deity] AGNI [or Shiva] who had a lustful eye on them & so the Seven sages divorced the six sisters except Arundhuti, the wife of the sage Vasistha & Devi Arundhuti stays with this seven sages as a star Alcor in the Ursa Major. The first son of the Lord Shiva [called SKANDA] was raised by this SIX stars Krittika & thus the name Karttikeya with six faces & HE is the WAR-GOD HERO & the old TAMIL [Indian language] name is MURUKU [young man or bangles].

This seven sisters are the seven mother-aspect of Durga [The SEAL obtained from the Mohanjo-daro & Harappan] contains this SEVEN GODDESSES. The present astronomical observation shows the Pleiades with SIX bright stars [can be seen without the telescope] & these stars are covered by the FIRE, originated by the death of another nearby star.

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