Perhaps the most intriguing is Ganesha, a four-armed, elephant-headed god often depicted with a jolly ... so he struck off ...

A rare condition called neurofibromatosis has left the 42-year-old with pachyderm-like features, which has made some worship him as a real life Lord Ganesh, the Hindu elephant deity. But he still ...

Lord Ganesha is one of the most praised Gods in the entire world he is also termed as the first worshiped God his elephant ...

He is considered the god of wisdom, the patron of science and ... I n Hindu iconography, Ganesh is usually depicted with an elephant head and a stout human body with four arms.

the Hindu god of wisdom and good luck. He has a human body and an elephant head. Families buy a Ganesh idol for the occasion, and pray over it at home, before processing toward the beach.

For example, everyone knows we were way ahead in plastic surgery. How else do you think the god Ganesh got his elephant head?” He was right. Everyone did seem to know this. For many of the ...

Statues of the god ('Murti') are placed in ... he sent away his army to find a replacement head. They returned from the jungle with that of an elephant. Alternatively, a second story tells of ...

Credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images Fishermen carry the statues of the head of Hindu god Ganesh ... boy chants as he carries an idol of elephant-headed god Ganesh for immersion in a lake in ...