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		The origins of the potbellied Ganapati is the stuff of Hindu legend.

As the legend goes, Parvati, Shiva's consort, wanted someone to guard the house, when her lord was away in battle with the demons. She, a goddess in her own right endowed with divine powers, created a young lad whom she named Ganesha. When Shiva returned from the wars he discovered a boy named Ganesh at his door, who refused to let him in. Angry, Shiva cut off the boy's head. When he realised his folly he promised his wife that he would bring the boy back to life by fixing the head of the first being to pass by. It happened to be an elephant. The elephant boy was was blessed with divine powers. No Hindu religious ceremony or activity begins without invoking the blessings of Ganesha.