When we go to the temple/shrine of Lord Ganesh/Vinayak/Vigneswar we do strange worship by having an odd posture. We hold the right ear with the left hand and left ear with the right and cross the legs and then do the sit and stand ritual. Why this is done?
There is an incident in the puranas which gives a hint about the reason or origin of this practice. The legend is that once when Lord Vishnu came to visit Kailash, little Ganapathi was playing. When he saw the Sudarsan chakra (discus disc) on the finger of Lord Vishnu, his uncle, Ganesh wanted to play with it and insisted for the same. Lord Vishnu gave the same and went to Lord Siva, his brother-in-law. After finishing his talk with Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu was to go back when he saw the Ganesh with Sudarsan disc in his mouth. Lord asked his nephew to return the disc and tried his level best without result. Then he thought of making little Ganesh to laugh so that the disc can come back to him without injuring Ganesh. For this he adopted the strange posture of holding the ears with opposite side hands and crossing legs and doing the sit and stand activity. Immediately Lord Ganesha laughed and the discus came back to Lord Vishnu. This is supposed to be the origin of this type of strange worship to the Lord Ganesh.
The physical benefit of this practice is that the knees of legs and hands get exercise which strengthen them. Another benefit by this is that the brain get more blood to circulate as the heart pumps more blood. This increase in blood circulation will help activate the memory and the brain will be alert..
There is an incident in the puranas which gives a hint about the reason or origin of this practice. The legend is that once when Lord Vishnu came to visit Kailash, little Ganapathi was playing. When he saw the Sudarsan chakra (discus disc) on the finger of Lord Vishnu, his uncle, Ganesh wanted to play with it and insisted for the same. Lord Vishnu gave the same and went to Lord Siva, his brother-in-law. After finishing his talk with Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu was to go back when he saw the Ganesh with Sudarsan disc in his mouth. Lord asked his nephew to return the disc and tried his level best without result. Then he thought of making little Ganesh to laugh so that the disc can come back to him without injuring Ganesh. For this he adopted the strange posture of holding the ears with opposite side hands and crossing legs and doing the sit and stand activity. Immediately Lord Ganesha laughed and the discus came back to Lord Vishnu. This is supposed to be the origin of this type of strange worship to the Lord Ganesh.
The physical benefit of this practice is that the knees of legs and hands get exercise which strengthen them. Another benefit by this is that the brain get more blood to circulate as the heart pumps more blood. This increase in blood circulation will help activate the memory and the brain will be alert..
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