...Lord Ganesa occupies an adorable place. Indeed, the worship of Lord Ganesa ever remains an age-old religious tradition of India- this celestial child of Lord Siva and Devi Parvati being permanently enthroned in the hearts of countless devotees.
This world is nothing. It is at best only a hideous caricature, a shadow of the Reality. We must go to the Reality. Renunciation will take us to It.
-Swami Vivekananda