The First Foodie of the Universe, & his Favorite Food

For Ganesha, the God of Gods

Vella kozhakkattai and Ammini Kozhakkattai for Ganesha

Ganesha  is almost the God of Gods. 

All poojas, rituals,celebrations and the like, begin with an invocation to him.

He is one of the smartest Gods in the Hindu pantheon, for the way he circled his parents to complete a trip around the universe, even as bro Kartikeya actually set out on the marathon journey!

But in this post, I pay tribute to the first foodie in the universe. We’ve never heard of what other members of the panetheon like, the way we know it is modakams that Ganesha likes. There is that cute belly, to provide evidence for those who doubt if he was a foodie!

For the artists, he is Super God. Amost every day there is a new pose he is striking, in their canvas, or in their sculpture.

He has played around with everything, including possibly the new IPhone5.

Collectors have tens of thousands of Ganeshas in display, and are still counting. 

There is no target number--He has been made with five money plant or paan(betel) leaves, for he is the Green God as well!

The clever thing, asks his starving devotees to exercise, perhaps to steal the effort to his own benefit. "Sit down, stand ups"-- uthak baithaks-- or topikkaranam, is what they have to do before him, whether at temples or at home!

Go ahead, and offer him his favorite Modakams on Ganesh Chaturthi. And eat some too !