If there is one god in the vast pantheon of Hindu gods that I especially like it is the elephant god Ganesh. Parvati, the wife of Shiva made him out of the sandalwood paste she used in her bath and set him to guard while she bathed. Not knowing of Lord Shiva, poor Ganesh tried to stop him from visiting his wife in her bath. An enraged Shiva chopped off Ganesh's head. Upon being told by Parvati that this was his own son, Shiva fixed on the head of an elephant in the place of the severed head. Shiva was so sorry for what he did that he issued a decree that from then on Lord Ganesh would always be the first god to be invoked in any prayer--and so it is today. The great festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated at the moment. There has been some controversy about the Ganesh statues that are left to dissolve in water and possible pollution, but otherwise everyone is having fun--Indians love their festivals!
Now this Ganesh Fractal is something!
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