We have placed Ganesha at our doors and on our desks. We ask him to remove obstacles. But what if he also places them there?

A child created by Parvati stops Shiva at a door. He loses his head while obeying his mother and returns with an elephant’s face. He carries a broken tusk, loves sweets and rides a mouse. Nothing about him should make sense. Somehow, everything does.

In GANESHA, Sundar R. Iyer retells the stories of one of Hinduism’s most loved gods in clear, vivid English. The ancient accounts do not always agree about his beginnings or his form. This book lets those differences speak and invites you to look again at the god you thought you knew.