The story of Ganesha's elephant head is not about morality.
It is about the introduction of a new god, based on the mechanism called competitive blockade, that enables us to,
1. Block an unwanted activity
2. Unblock a blocked activity
3. Barter power between activities
4. Utilize mighty forces that we can't normally utilize.
There is a Hindu God called Ganesha with the head of an elephant and four arms. According to one story, an elephant headed Goddess called Malini gave birth to him after drinking water from the Ganges in which Parvati had bathed.
according to Buddhism the elephant is sumade boddhi sattva yet it is a mythical story but the ganpati in hindusim is the statu of buddha in sence body of prince siddhartha and head of sumade bodhisattva means a white elephant
no he is not half elephant. Only the head of lord Ganesha is made of elephant head.
That would be Lord Ganesha as he has an elephant's head & trunk for his head.
Ganesh has an elephant head.
To say that a pink elephant is flying in my head would be a metaphorical way of saying I am very drunk.
Yr head..
Ganesha
A elephant's head
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There are multiple theories as to why shiva chose the head of an elephant 2 of the most common being: 1.Shiva randomly shot an arrow an which ever animal it hit would give its head to Ganesh. 2. An evil demon by the name of Gajasur who had an elephant head was killed by shiva and his head was given to Ganesha.