Reading Notes: 7 Secrets of The Hindu Calendar: Ganesha - Part A

Summary

I primarily wanted to review this video because I have referenced it several times in project's storybook. However, I had never watched the video in its entirety. I had only watched the sections about Ganesha alone.

One of the key components in this video is the differentiation between global and local values. In the Hindu culture many of the gods and goddesses originate from smaller villages. In most cases they are worshiped for a niche reason. However, as they are worshiped by the smaller villages the stories of these gods and goddesses are adapted into Hinduism as a whole global collection. This is very similar to motif that is in the story of the race between Kartikeya and Ganesha. The race conditions were to go around the world three times. Kartikeya did so by riding his vahana. While Ganesha did so my walking around his parents three times. To Ganesha his world was his parents, a local world that mattered to him. Ganesha's main question to Kartikeya was which world was more important. This concept of local vs. global values seems to be a very important part of Hinduism. I find that it is a very wholesome belief system.

Ganesha (Source)

Bibliography

7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art - Chapter 1 Ganesha's Secret

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