Janus and Ganesha

Who is Ganesha ?
 
The name ganesha has two components , Gana and Esha .
Esha means "the lord of" and Gana stands for the counts, numbers and the multitudes.
This is the reason why mathematics is known as "Ganitham" . The name ganesha denotes Him to be the Lord of multitudes and numbers and the faculty that is needed to count, deal with multitudes, is knowledge, intellect. It is this intellect which can help man overcome obstacles as man's obtacles  primarily stem from his mind.

Ganesha is therefore also called Vigneshwara.  It means one who removes obstaccles. We pray to vigneshwara to channellize our mind , our thoughts and the energies in the right direction and to ensure successful completion of any task.
He is also called as Vinayaka means the humble, approachable one.

Ganesha is not only a Hindu GOD but is found everywhere. Let us look at this :-

The image above depicts Janus and Gaesha. In ancient rome , the pre-christian era had a divinity known as "Janus". He was the one who was propitiated  during all beginnings. Janus was installed on the doorways as a guardian. janus had 2 faces, one to look at the future and the other at the past. Ganesha also is associated with 2 faces. He had a human face in the beginning and later on was replaced with that of an elephant. Odd but interesting and very logical.
We can also take a look at their names Janus and Ganesha . They are quiet similar . Also the 1st month  January is associated with Janus ( derived from the work janus) . Isn't this amazing .

Some more amazing things about Ganesha in  the next post :D

JGD  :)