Ganesha Murti Significance


Ganesha Murti Significance


Significance of Ganesh murti :

Keeping a Ganesh statue or picture at home is believed to attract good luck and prosperity.

A Ganesh murti is a symbol of perfect life which teaches importance principles such as:

Big head to think big.

Large ears to listen carefully.

Tiny eyes to concentrate.

Small mouth to speak less.

One tusk to retain only goodness. One of Lord Ganesh’s tusks is broken. The symbolism of the broken tusk is that a wise person is beyond duality. The single tusk also signifies single-pointedness.

A long trunk to stay adaptable.

Big belly to digest good and bad.

The four arms of Lord Ganesha symbolise the four attributes -mind, intellect, ego and conscience.

Ganesh murti design, with one leg raised up and the other on the ground, symbolises that one should be involved in both, the spiritual and material worlds.