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Dear Sri Narayanan Swamy,
 Just an observation --

> Vinaya worship was no where part of original Hindu worship. 

MaitrayaNiya samhita of Krishna yajurveda has mantras addressed 
to "elephant faced deva". Danti gayatri appears in Taittiriya 
Aranyaka X (in both Andra & Dravida recensions).
Ashwalayana parisesha sutras affiliated with Rg veda contains a 
procedure for worshipping gaNesha. Atharva veda parishishta describes 
a rite for pacifying the vinAyakas. Ganapathi atharvashiras is used 
in conjunction with it (though I tend to treat it as post-vedic 
compilation). 

Coming to our own pAncharatra agamas, jayakhya & sanatkumara samhitas 
detail the worship of gaNesha with mula mantra ( with yantra too I 
believe) among other deities. It also gives details on installing 
murti of gaNesha in a vishnu shrine (a practice which died out and 
installing murtis of Azhwars & Acharyas appeared). I haven't looked 
at other agamas. So the statement that gaNapati worship is not part 
of Hinduism cannot be true.

> On the other hand, Vinayaka worship came in to South only after 
Chalykya > empire was burnt down by Narasimha Varma Pallava.
> One of the 63 Nayanmars, called as 'Siru Thondar' (one the 
cheiftains of > Palllava) saw a 'Ganesha' idol in Vatapi admist fire 
and destruction.

I've heard this popular myth. Can you point to the source?

Regards,
Kasturi Rangan .K




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