Re: Ganapathi pooja in Vaishnavism
Pranam
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सुर्यकोटि समप्रभ
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा
It would be wrong for me insist or expect, on a Vaisnava thread, the worship of Ganesha the foremost of ganas.
It is up an individual or sect to follow their rules and interpretation of Ganesh as they see fit. There is no denying, the agra puja of Ganesh the gori putra in Satyanarayan Katha. Most Hindus will see Ganesh or Vinayak as Gori putra, with a few exception of Vaishnava sect and may be, come up as some different deity but they would not be convincing the majority of Hindus.
There are many Vaishnava especially in north, east and west who are largely influenced by Go-Swami Tulsidas that they would invoke Ganesha first in any endeavour.
There is also one very interesting past time that is performed within JaganNath lila, in Puri, every year on snan yatra day after bathing the deities both Krishna and Baladev are decorated in the image of Lord Ganesh.
Off course there are reference in sruti/smriti text of Ganapati, subject to interpretation which would convince some and not the others depending on predilection
Jai Shree Krishna
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
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