Parvati was a Hindu goddess.

She
was married to the great God
Shiva.

One day Parvati was

feeling lonely. She
made a boy out of
soap.
Parvati brought the boy to life.
She called him Ganesha.

Ganesha watched out for

people at the door. He
didn’t let anyone in.
When Shiva came home
he asked to come in.

Ganesha did not know

Shiva and would not let
him pass.
Shiva got so angry he killed Ganesha by
cutting off his head.
 Parvati was very sad when she
saw what had happened.

Shiva was sad too. He did not

know Ganesha was his son.
Shiva knew what he had to do.

I shall cut the

head off the
first living thing
I see!
The first living thing to come past was an
elephant.

Shiva killed the elephant and cut off his

head
 Shiva put the elephant’s
head on Ganesha’s body

Ganesha came back to

life. Parvati was very
happy.

Ganesha became a God, like his parents.

Ganesha is the guardian of success and failure. He
has four main skills.

He has four
His ears are to control
big and hear earth, air fire
all the world’s and water.
problems.

His necklace His trunk curves

holds seeds to show there is a
of life. way out of
problems.
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