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Vastu for Ganesha pictures and idols at home
According to Vastu experts, the west, the north and the north-east direction, are the best places to keep lord Ganesh idols or images at home. Remember, ganesha painting should face the north direction, as it is believed that Lord Shiva, who is Ganesha’s father, lives here. ganesha painting can also keep the Ganesha murti at the main door, facing inside. If you are placing Lord Ganesha images, it should face the main entrance of the home. Do not place the Ganesha idol in the south direction.

Avoid these places for keeping Ganesha idols
According to Vastu experts, you should not keep the Ganesh murti in bedroom, garage or laundry area. It should not be placed under staircases or near bathrooms. Since the garage or car parking area is considered as a vacant area, it is unlucky to place any god in this part of the home. Also, there are a lot of negative energies below staircases which is not suitable for placing any Vastu item.




Best offerings for Lord Ganesha
A small bowl of rice is the ideal offering. Place the Ganpati idol on a raised platform always.
Modaks: Ganpati’s favorite sweet are the various types or modaks, especially the steamed ones.
Satori: A Maharashtrian sweet flatbread, which is also a preferred recipe during the festive season.
ganesha painting laddu: Besides modaks it is believed that Lord Ganesha is fond of laddus, as well.

Significance of Ganesh murti
Keeping a Ganesh statue or picture at home is believed to attract good luck and prosperity. A Ganesh murti is a symbol of perfect life which teaches importance principles such as:

Big head to think big.
Large ears to listen carefully.
Tiny eyes to concentrate.
Small mouth to speak less.
One tusk to retain only goodness. One of Lord Ganesh’s tusks is broken. ganesha painting of the broken tusk is that a wise person is beyond duality. The single tusk also signifies single-pointedness.
A long trunk to stay adaptable.
Big belly to digest good and bad.
The four arms of Lord Ganesha symbolise the four attributes -mind, intellect, ego and conscience.
ganesha painting , with one leg raised up and the other on the ground, symbolises that one should be involved in both, the spiritual and material worlds.
Since ganesha painting love Lord Ganesha, they collect or are gifted the Ganesha idol or images. So, a common question is,’How many Ganesh idols should be kept at home?’. According to Vastu, it is advised to keep only one idol in a room. If there are ganesha painting than one Ganesh idol together, the positive energy is bound to get disrupted.



Bringing Ganesha idol home for the Ganesh festival
With the onset of the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival, there are many people who bring the Ganesha idol home. While bringing a new ganpati murti home, the idol’s face is covered and it is unveiled only during its sthapana. The idol, which is brought home during the festival, is then immersed after one-and-a-half days, three days or 10 days, as per the number of days each family follows. As more and more people are becoming environment-conscious, there is an increase in people opting for eco-friendly Ganeshas for home, which get dissolved easily during immersion. Also, there are many options like Ganeshas, which when immersed, grows to become a plant that people are opting for. Choose ganesha painting of you have a small mandir at home and make sure you follow the Vastu guidelines when placing the deity.

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