मानव कितना विचित्र है तू!

माँ के गर्भ मे रहता तू,

चार दिवारी में उसे रख न पाता तू;

प्रेमिका के लिए तारे तोडता तू,
क्रोध मे उसी रिशते को तोडता तू;

खुशी में भाई को गले से लगाता तू,
लोभ मे खुशी-खुशी उसका गला काटता तू;

सखा को अपना दर्पण मानता तू,
 फिर भी उससे मात्सर्य रखता तू;

भगवान से अपनी कामना पूर्ती करवाता तू,
भगवान कि आज्ञा का पालन नहीं चाहता तू;

मानव कितना विचित्र है तू!

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

In July of this year, I visited Pune and  I had the opportunity to visit the Bhuleshwar Temple (the temple is situated in Yavat, which is near Pune). I had read about the temple on the internet and was briefly aware about it.

The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and also has some sculptures of Lord Ganesha. One of the sculptures of Ganeshji is in the female form. Here are two images:

I was not aware of the female form of Ganeshji. According to Wikipedia, she is called Vinayaki or Ganeshvari or Ganeshyani.

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the mythology of Vinayaki. The internet offers some guidance though. Those curious can pursue those leads. I thought this would be good to share on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

Ganpati Bappa Moriya!