Lord Ganesh and his family photo

Courtesy:Sri.sundararajan

You would have seen hundreds of pictures of Lord Ganesh  but not like this one with his entire family together. A rare picture

 

Featured in this are :  Lord Ganesha, Wives: Ridhi & Sidhi, Sons: Subh & Labh, 

Daughter in laws: Tusti & Pushti,  Grand sons: Anand & Pramod

As per Shiva Purana, Lord Ganesha had two sons who were named as Shubh and Labh. Shubh and Labh are personification of auspiciousness and profit respectively. Shubh was the son of Goddess Riddhi and Labh was the son of Goddess Siddhi. Riddhi is mentioned as wife in Matysa purana .

In South Ganesa' concsert names are   Siddhi and Buddhi.  This as per Siva purana . Riddhi and Buddhi is mentioned in Matsya purana .  In Melatur in a t emple th e re is Dakhi namuth y Ganapathi a nd his marr iage w it h Siddhi and Buddhi used to be organised on Ganesh chaturti day every year.

In Gnana Puranam, it has been de s cribed b y Karka Mah a rishi t hat there are 108 Ganapathi sthalams . Siddhi Buddhi Arulmigu Dakshinamruthy Vinayagar temple at Melattur is considered the 81.

Here is another picture of Ganesha, a painting by Raja Ravi verma . Here he is accompained  by Ashta siddhi

What are ashta  (8) siddhi ( Supernatural powers) 

Aṇimā: Ability to reduce one's size

Mahima: Ability to increase one's size

Garima: Ability to increase one's weight infinitely

Laghima : Ability to become lighter than the lightest

Prāpti: Ability to Obtain anything

Prākāmya: Ability to acquire anything desired

Iṣiṭva: Lordship over creation

Vaśitva: Having control over things