Reading Notes, Guide. Pattanaik's Calendar Art: Part A (Ganesha)



Lord Shiva
By: Ved Sutra


They have no need to rationalize them because they were raised with them.

They do not have a singular idea attached to god but rather a puzzle pieced together

Perspective changes the meaning of even known truths like the use of the term “world”.

God is not a single entity, neither male or female to the Hindus.
When Shiva closes his eyes, the world ceases to exist. That is why he is known as the destroyer.

Turmeric? Gold?

Women were mostly given to the temple but some men occasionally

Some were given to the temple in the old days and were expected to make their living singing and dance

Hindu and Greek mythology is similar. The Greeks didn’t really believe in gods. The Hindus were never afraid the humans would overthrow the gods.

Amravati- home of the gods

Hijras- men who felt they were women- begging- pray to 
Bahuchara

Cool story of Bahuchara- can change sex by falling into pond.
Annapurna- the kitchen god… who feeds

The knowledge first heard by Brahma – Lakshimi

Elephant head indicates power. Fat means affluence. Rat symbolizes the problems of life.

Ganesha is what Hindus aspire to become.

The elephant head of the rain god. Shiva didn’t want a family. Pavati represents carnality

Ganesha – the union of both, death and rebirth. Human and immortality. He represents luck.


This is like drinking water out of a fire hose

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