I am convinced that a few decades later as I grow older and as my next generation reads the story of Vinayaka as they perform the rituals of Vinayaka Chaturthi, it will go like this.
Guessing it will all be in English by then anyway.
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Guessing it will all be in English by then anyway.
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https://twitter.com/geohot21/status/1443557995762225154
Vratham begins:
As per scholars of both east and west, Ganesha worship had originated only from 500 A.D. It was some tribal God who later became the son of Shiva and Parvati. Who concocted this story? Wily Brahmins.
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As per scholars of both east and west, Ganesha worship had originated only from 500 A.D. It was some tribal God who later became the son of Shiva and Parvati. Who concocted this story? Wily Brahmins.
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Basically your ancestors are idiots. You are a fool that you pray for such in the name of Puja.
Nevertheless here's the story.
There was this asura called Gajasura who did penance and got a boon from Lord Shiva.
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Nevertheless here's the story.
There was this asura called Gajasura who did penance and got a boon from Lord Shiva.
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Historians say this Gajasura also was a Dravidian tribal warlord who was subjugated by Aryan hegemony. Infact this story is similar to how Mahishasura another good indigenous warlord was demonised and subsumed into Aryan mythology. Who did this? Again Wily Brahmins.
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The date of birth of Gajasura is disputed. May be it is 2500 B.C.No let's make it 1000 B.C instead as it should be after RigVeda which is 1500 B.C. No let's chuck it.I don't think this event can be dated.
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Anyway who believes in all this penance and boon stuff? All this is fake.
Ok since you insist, the story goes that Gajasura says that Shiva should stay in his stomach.
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Ok since you insist, the story goes that Gajasura says that Shiva should stay in his stomach.
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Parvathi is worried. She requests Vishnu to help. Vishnu and Nandi visit Gajasura as a part of a Gangireddu troupe(performing artists).
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Ok wait. So if there are performative artists then this means that this particular story must be definitely an interpolation from 1200 B.C. As per scholar X the tradition of Gangireddu troupe emerged in West Bengal then.
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This is confusing. Actually do you really believe in all this stuff? How can Shiva get into someone's stomach? What does it mean to say Vishnu, Nandi took the form of a performing artist troupe? This is all superstitions. Fake.
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There is absolutely no historical evidence for such occurence. Ofcourse you are free to believe in all this based on irrational faith. But these are all stories told for entertainment. It is not true. Truth is what is told by us historians.
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Anyway where were we? Ok you wanted to hear the story behind worshipping some tribal God who was later absorbed into Hindu hegemonic narrative?
No. It all seems fake. Just fiction. I don't see a point in all this.
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No. It all seems fake. Just fiction. I don't see a point in all this.
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