Fantastic ,Moral Stories Of Lord Ganesh For Kids.

Kids may or may not be interested in the long pujas, Arti, and worship procedures of Lord Ganesha. However, you can introduce them to various stories of Lord Ganesha. Listening or reading to stories of Lord Ganesha will help the kids instill his teachings and morals in them.

Story of Ganesha's Borth :

Once Mata Parvati had to go to take a bath and did not wished to be disturbed by anyone. So she created a statue of a child out of turmeric paste and breathed life into it. She called the child Ganesha who was very loyal to her. She asked the child to guard the door and not to allow anyone to pass through the doorway while she was busy bathing. 

 After some time Lord Shiva showed up and proceeded to enter ,the house but Ganesha came on his way and refused to step aside. Shiva lost control of his temper and not knowing who the unknown boy was he ended up beheading  Ganesha with the help of his trishul. 

When Parvati came out and saw the dead body of Ganesha, she lashed out at Shiva and threatened to destroy the entire universe. Lord 

Shiva realized the mistake he committed in his rage and apologized to Parvati. Parvati relented on the conditions that Ganesha be brought back to life. Lord Shiva ordered his troops to go into the forest and get the head of the first animal they spotted. An elephant was the first animal that they came across and they brought back his head.

This was then placed over the body of the boy and Shiva brought him to life. That’s how Ganesh ended up with the body of a human and the head of an elephant. Lord Shiva then accepted Ganesha as his own son. This is how Ganesha was born as we know and is now worshipped as the god of god.

This day is considered the birthday of elephant-headed Lord Ganesh and is celebrated as Ganesh Chaturthi /Vinayak Chaturthi.

The Story of Ganesha’s Wisdom:

Ganesha and his younger brother Karthikeya had a great bond together, yet they would have moments of arguments and fights. One pleasant day both of them were playing in the forest they found a unique fruit in the forest and grabbed it together. Both of them refused to share it with each other and started claiming the fruit for themselves. They decided to take the argument to Shiva and Parvati. Soon they reached Mount Kailash and presented the fruit to Shiva and Parvati and explained the situation to them. Lord Shiva recognized the fruit in no time and said that this fruit is known to grant immortality and extensive knowledge when eaten by the rightful bearer of it. To decide who gets it, Shiva gave a challenge to both of them. He asked Ganesha and Karthikeya to circumvent their world 3 times. Whoever would do so first and return to Mount Kailash, would be the rightful owner of the fruit. Karthikeya, at once, climbed his peacock and set off speedily to complete three revolutions across the Earth. Compared to Lord Karthikeya's ride, Ganesh was a mouse that was quite slow and would not compete with flying peacocks. But wish Ganesha Had listened to Father's proposal properly, and he started walking around Shiva and Parvati and completed three circles around them in no time. When asked by Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha replied that Shiva had asked them to circumvent their world. And for Ganesha, his parents were more than the world. They were the entire universe for him.

Lord Shiva was deeply touched and impressed by Ganesha’s wisdom and saw him as the rightful owner of the fruit.

How the Mouse Became His Ride?

At that time a demon named Gajmukhasur wished to become a very powerful king and was a devotee of Lord Shiva. So he prayed to Lord Shiva and asked him to grant him the power that no human or god would be able to harm him. Having no choice Shiva granted it to him but also warned him not to misuse the power. But as time passed he forgot about the warning that lord Shiva had given to him and being a demon he began to bother the people of his own Kingdom by killing them and destroying their homes. Seeing all this Lord Shiva sent Lord Ganesha to control the demon. Knowing this Gajmukhasur attacked Lord Ganesha with these weapons, but all his weapons bowed towards Ganesha. Lord Ganesha then Injured him. Gajmukhasur then turned himself into a mouse and attacked Ganesh. Lord Ganesh then destroyed all his excessive powers and rode on the mouse (Gajmukhasur ) and ordered him that he will carry Lord Ganesha on his back. So this is how the mouse becomes Lord Ganesh's ride.

The Story of Ganesha’s Single Tusk:

When Ved Vyas (creator of Mahabharata) approached Ganesha to write down Mahabharata for him, he could transcribe the epic story as he narrated it to him. Lorg Ganesha agreed but kept a condition that Vyas had to narrate it without any break and Ganesha would write it in a single go. As they progressed in writing the story, there came a point where the quill that Ganesha was using to write it down broke, without wasting any time, he broke off one of his tusks and made it into a pen to continue writing the epic without interruption. Ganesha and Vyas completed it together. This sacrifice of Ganesha to complete the epic made the epic to become a holy one.

 This is how Lord Ganesha ended up having a single tusk. 

Story Of Lord Ganesha & The Moon:

After eating to his heart's content, Ganesha's stomach had become terribly large. Walking around with it became difficult for him and as he moved, he ended up losing his balance and stumbled and fell down. The moon, who was watching all of this, humiliated Ganesha and began laughing at Ganesha’s. Ganesha cursed the moon, making it completely invisible. Later, the moon realized its mistake and began pleading to Ganesha for forgiveness. Considering his apology, Ganesha then decided to set in a cycle where the moon appear and disappears every 15 days.

 

Why Lord Ganesh Loves Modak ?

once Goddess Parvathi, Lord Shiva, and Bal Ganesh visited Anusuya, wife of Sage Atri.Anusuya had prepared a lot of delicious dishes for them.As Ganesh was small Anusuya serving Bal Ganesh first. Bal Ganesh started to eat and almost finished the entire food , yet still was hungry. Anusuya realised that if she continued serving Ganesha then  there would not be anything left for Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. So, she prepared a special sweet dish made with rice flour, coconut, jaggery, and ghee i.e Modaks for Bal Ganesh. Anusuya served the modaks to Ganesha. And surprisingly after eating the them Bal Ganesh immediately felt full and satisfied. Seeing this Goddess Parvati said that all his devotees must offer Modak to Ganesh during his puja. . This is how Lord Ganesh’s love for Modak became well known

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How Ganesha Became "Lord of Biggners" and "Remover of Obstracles"?

Once, Lord Ganesha was guarding the Swarg Lok as everybody went to attend Lord Vishnu’s wedding. Seeing Ganesha alone Narad Muni told him that he was not invited to the wedding because he ate too much and was very fat. This made Lord Ganesha very angry, and he sent an army of mice to dig the soil and make it hollow on the way from where the marriage procession was going to pass. The army of mice dug the soil, and the wheels of the chariot got stuck into it. No one was able to pull out the chariot. Then a man passing by took Lord Ganesha’s name and he managed to pull out the wheels! 

When the Gods asked he said that Lord Ganesha was the God of beginnings who removes all the hurdles from life.

On hearing this, the Gods went back to him, apologized, and took him with them to the wedding. Since then Lord Ganesh has been known as the Lord of beginners.

 

The Story Of Ganesh and The Cat:

 Ganesha was very naughty as a kid. One day, he came across a cat while he was playing. Being naughty he started messing around with the cat. He picked up the cat and threw it on the ground, pulling its tail and having fun with it, while the cat meowed in pain. Ganesha failed to notice it and continued playing around until he was tired and then came back home. When he reached Mount Kailash, Ganesha was shocked to see Parvati lying down outside the home, with wounds all over her body, and crying in pain. Ganesha rushed towards his mother and asked her who did this. To which Parvati replied that Ganesha himself had done this to her. The cat was actually a form of Parvati, and she wanted to play around with her son, but Ganesha treated her unfairly and ruthlessly and his actions on the cat have reflected on his own mother.

Ganesha was utterly sorry for his behavior and took an oath to treat all animals in a gentle manner with care and affection.