The direction of Lord Ganesha’s trunk in statues reflects different aspects of his divine energy. A left-curving trunk ...

Do you know why some Ganpati idols have their trunk on the right, some left and some straight? The trunk of Lord Ganesha is symbolic of a lot many things and the side it is curved to is symbolic ...

Ganesha idols with a straight trunk or trunk up in the air are hard to find, but are considered special.

Ganesha idols come with three kinds of trunks, one with the trunk curved towards left, another with trunk curved towards right and third one with a straight trunk curved upwards.

It is believed that the direction of Ganesha trunk is the key before deciding where the statue should be placed.

(Ganesha with a left-sided trunk is believed to bring cooling, soothing and pacifying properties at home; the right-sided trunk denotes siddhi and is chosen for temples — this is why Ganesha is ...

2. Trunk : It is a popular belief that an idol with the tip of the trunk pointing towards the right and left are called right-sided and left-sided idols respectively; however this is not the case ...

A baby girl with a facial deformity is being worshiped as an incarnation of the Hindu god Ganesha in an Indian village.

Ganesh ji's idol with a straight trunk is Sushumna. Soaking in the grace of Lord Ganesh ji in Sushumna state, you invoke the grace of Riddhi Siddhi and Moksha.

The 11-day Ganpati Utsav will begin on August 23 with Ganesh Chaturthi. Before you bring home the Ganpati, here is what you should consider.