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Some thoughts on the Ganesh festival and related matters

The Ganesh festival is celebrated country-wide with prayers and rituals, greetings are exchanged, and various food delicacies are prepared. When we relish the delicacies, it is appropriate to remember that every one of those preparations is based upon farm produce, be it grains, vegetables, fruits, or the banana leaves on which the feast is served. […]

Hindus furious at ‘Ganesh eating lamb’ commercial (VIDEO)

The commercial features the likes of Jesus, Zeus, Aphrodite, Moses, Buddha, Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard and Luke Skywalker sharing a lamb dinner. Ganesh is an elephant headed, multi-limbed Hindu god of wisdom and learning and a remover of obstacles. He’s believed to be vegetarian.   The ad shows Ganesh sitting in front of a plate […]

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