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Wishing for a guardian while she bathed, Parvati shaped a boy from the turmeric paste of her own body and breathed life into him, setting him to watch the door. When Shiva returned and the boy — not knowing him — barred his way, Shiva in anger struck off his head.
Seeing Parvati’s grief, Shiva vowed to restore the child, and placed upon him the head of the first creature found, an elephant. So Ganesha was born, the remover of obstacles, honoured first before any undertaking.
