seven generations of Morya Gosavi(pictured) – a prominent saint of the GanapatyaHindu sect – were worshipped as incarnations of the god Ganesha, and his tomb still attracts many Ganesha devotees?
Parikrama, an integral part of Hindu ritual, involves walking around a sacred object or place, as Ganesha(statue pictured) walked around Shiva in legend?
Question 1: [29] Anita Raina Thapan notes that the root wordpille in the name Pillaiyar might have originally meant "the young of the elephant", because the ________ word pillaka means "a young elephant".
Question 2: At least two different versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama exist; one version is drawn from the ________, a Hindu scripture venerating Ganesha.
Question 3: [195] In Thailand, Cambodia, and among the Hindu classes of the ________ in Vietnam, Ganesha was mainly thought of as a remover of obstacles.
Question 4: [121] Dancers and musicians, particularly in southern India, begin performances of arts such as the ________ dance with a prayer to Ganesha.
Question 5: The title "Leader of the group" (Sanskrit: gaṇapati) occurs twice in the ________, but in neither case does it refer to the modern Ganesha.
Question 10: Ganesha's rise to prominence was codified in the 9th century, when he was formally included as one of the five primary deities of ________.
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