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32. VIGNESWARA PRASANNA MOORTHY

            Interesting myth about the God Vigneswara is to be known by all. Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi are treated by devotees as Father and Mother to all and that they named the couple as “Ammai Appan". Ammai Parvathi liked to have a child. She asked her husband to bless a child for her. Since the Lord is of the theory He have neither beginning nor the ending and exist everywhere, the importance of child did not rise. For the wishes of Ammai Parvathi, Lord Shiva blessed her a male child through his sweating (residue of body).

            One day when Ammai Parvathi was bathing in a pool. She asked her son not to permit any body in. Lord Shiva met with an encounter with the boy.  The boy was ferocious to attack Lord Shiva who then cut off the head of the boy. Ammai Parvathi came to the scene and begged the Lord to give life to the boy. Lord Shiva then annexed a head of the elephant to the body of the boy. He felt happy to see his boy with great strength. He was called as "VIGNESHWARA". He gave boon to Vigneshwara to be regarded as a first Deity in all the festivals of divine land and world. Thus we do the first homage to Lord Vigneshwar and commence the continuation of any ritual and poojas.