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Pilliyar the son of lord shiva is the guardian between the spiritual and the physical world.He is also called ganapati being the leader of the world.He is an ocean of knowledge and learning,the one who wrote the Mahabharata.Every part of india has no hesitation in worshipping him.Look at the curiosity many vaishnavas worship vinayaka but not shiva.SO oppurtunistic people are, to exploit the heart of the benevolent lord.He is called vigna vinakaya as he removes our obstrucles.He was also instrumental in bringing muruga to palani.So the people of palani should thank the brother of their lord for bringing their lord close to them.
Vinayaka or pilliayar always scared the opponents of hindu dharma.people never seem to be tired of worshipping him.ganesha always waspresent in the rituals of hindus.let us look at some comedians.Ramanujacharya did not want anything other than the worship of vishnu and his worsippers.difficult to interpret vedas was mistranslated the rudras mentioned in vedas we are suupposed to assume that they have no similarity to shiva.well mahabharata and ramayana was a problem,but they could have been corrupted and any way they did not come in daily rituals so the shiva symbols in that literature could be set aside.but vinayaka the shukla amabaram dharam vishnum 'shashi varnam' chaturbujam the vigna remover was always in every ritual.so ramanuja found his enemy.he tried to remove him.but alas only his half baked shishyas found every word he uttered as nectar.apart from this comedian theere dont seem to be any vinayaka haters in the distant past.the buddhist carried vinayaka as far as japan.
There are two people who love to worship vinayaka who ever readily forgives our sins-the maharashtrians and the tamilians.in almost every street in this tamil land you find the great pilliyar.
IN the modern times vinayaka was hated by the followers of atheism like periyar whose nonsensical approach has ensured that he is going to be a forgotten man.periyar could not disprove that muruga was a tamil god.he could not do anything with ambal.so he turned his guns at vinayaka.he threw slippers on vinayaka.obviously his campaign failed.
Mr Karunanidhi says that it was way back in 630 A.D. that
a lieutenant of the Pallava king, Narsimhavarman, defeat-
ed the Pulikesi king at Vathapi, the capital city of the
Chalukyas (now called Badami in Bijapur district in
Karnataka). While returning home, he "brought" back a
statue of Ganesh. it was for this reason that even today,
during music programmes, songs in praise of `Vathapi
Ganapathi' are sung.
Mr Karunanidhi argues that this proves that Ganesh was a
"native" of Vathapi and did not belong to Tamil Nadu.
Mr Karunanidhi believes that Ganesh worship was used in
the north as a tool to attack the minorities. It had
spread to Tamil Nadu as well. However, he clarifies, he
would participate in the Ganesh festival if it was con-
ducted in one place with one idol, his self-confessed
atheism notwithstanding.
Several years ago, the Dravida Kazhagam (DK), the mother
of all Dravidian parties, had indulged in Ganesh-bashing,
publicity breaking up idols of Ganesh or Vinayakar, as he
is called in the state.
The founder-leader of the DMK C. N. Annadurai, who was a
devout follower of DK leader `Periyar' Ramaswami Naicker,
had then said, "We will neither break the idols of Vi-
nayakar nor break coconuts for him."
Mr Karunanidhi controversial statement that Ganesh is a
non-Tamilian has not evoked any major political reaction
so far. However, researchers and scholars as well as
letter writers to local newspapers do not seem to have
accepted the chief minister's stand. One letter writer
asked why Lord Muruga, the brother of Ganesh, was consid-
ered to be a Tamil god whereas Ganesh was not. Another
wondered why Mr Karunanidhi had agreed to tie a rakhi on
'raksha bandhan' day but would not accept Ganesh because
he was of northern stock.
Marxia Gandhi, who has done research on the Ganesh cult,
says that even in the 4th century A.D., cult figures of
the elephant-headed god were found in north Arcot dis-
trict in Tamil Nadu. She contends that Ganapathi is an
agricultural god and, therefore, finds a place throughout
the country. it would hence be wrong to say that it was
only in the seventh century that it came to Tamil Nadu
from Vathapi. Also, there was no evidence to show that
the statue of Ganesh was brought from Vathapi.
Another scholar, Sathyamurthy, said that the Tamil saint
Ovvaiyar had in the fifth century A.D. sung about the
figure of Ganesh in elephant form. Also, Tirunanasamban-
dar describes Ganesh as 'Karimugan' (one with the ele-
phant face) in Thevaram (568 AD.)
Political critic Cho Ramaswamy also does not agree with
Mr Karunanidhi. Carnatic music programmes began with the
'Vathapi Ganapathi' song because it was created by
Muthuswami Deekshitar, one among the musical trio, and
also because it was in 'hamsadvani raga', the raga con-
sidered best for beginning a programme. In any case,
Deekshitar had not created just one song on Ganesh, but 16.
Today Lord ganesh has resurged in a big way in the streets of chennai.He neither hates nor can be hated.
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