Different Names of Lord Ganesh

Ganpati bappa morya !!!!Lord Ganesh , is one of the most popular and favourite god in indian mythology because he is always considered a amalagmation of two major traditions .He unites  two famous parampara(i.e.tradition),Shaiva parampara based on  his father Lord Shiva and shakti parampara based on her mother Goddess Parvati.Lord Ganesh has been addressed by many names in our culture , some of them became really popular. Let us have a look on few of them and the stories behind it.

• GANPATI  and GAJANANA:

Lord Shiva lived in kailash with his wife Godess parvati , he had a group of huge followers who were addressed as "ganas" by the rest of the world .After lord ganesh was reborn, with An elephant head he was called gajanana (i.e. person with a elephant head). Also at the same time Lord Shiva announced Lord ganesh as the leader of the ganas which lead to the name ganpati  .

• VINAYAK:

Lord Ganesh did not have a ordinary birth,Rati cursed Goddess Parvati that she would never be able to bear a child in her womb hence , after lot of austerity she got the power to create her child by using her body's dirt and moulding it into a statue.Since Lord Ganesh’s  birth was possible without the involvement of lord shiva he was given the name vinayak (i.e.bina =बिना=without  and nayak = नायक = main male).

• GANGEYA and DVAIMATURA:

Like mentioned above lord ganesh was born from the dirt collected by Goddess parvati.But to collect that dirt from her body she required water, the water used was of river Ganga (Ganga is holy river goddess in india ),hence lord ganesh is referred as gangeya.Goddess Ganga mentions Lord Ganesh as his son , he had two mothers Goddess Parvati and Ganga therefore he was called dvaimatura (i.e.son of two mothers ).