With the divine blessings of God, The Shiva Tribe made it to Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩 this time!

With the divine blessings of God, The Shiva Tribe made it to Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩 this time!
No other country dots on Ganesha like Indonesia. The deep roots of the Ganesha worship continue here and appear to stay for eternity. Bali boasts a bounty of Ganesha temples, and in every nook and corner you will find Ganesha statue. Ganesha idol is installed at the entrance of every house and shop. A street corner, amidst the shop in the busy main road, in the park, On the little Indonesian island, Lord Ganesha is everywhere. One of the most recognisable Hindu gods outside of India, he's easy to spot: the benign elephant head on top of a chubby, boyish body protects houses and adorns Bali's temples from north to south.

Ganesha, also spelled Ganesh or Ganesa, and known as Vinayaka, Ganapati and Pillaiyar – is the god of good fortune who offers prosperity and success to all who invoke him. As Lord of Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles, he's the first to call on before the undertaking of a new task or business.

From India to Bali, his image is everywhere, often facing the entrance to a house or temple to keep out the unworthy. Early depictions show him simply as an elephant. The Ganesh we know today has the familiar paunch and elephant head, and normally has four arms.

Some artists only give him two arms , others up to 16 , but in his four-armed incarnation he often clutches his broken tusk in his lower-right hand with a laddoo sweet in the lower-left which he tastes with his trunk. In his upper-right he carries an axe, mace or spiked stick, and in his upper-left a rosary, noose or lily.

In Bali, you'll often see his lower-right hand turned toward his audience in a gesture ofabhaya mudra, or protection and fearlessness. Indonesia's historical ties with India and Hinduism are centuries old. Scholars believe that Hindu influence on the archipelago can be traced back as early as 78 AD. By 414 AD there were at least two schools of Hinduism on the island of Java – and by the 4th and 8th centuries, Hindu kingdoms had taken root in East Kalimantan and West and Central Java.

In India, Ganesha is usually paired with Maa Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity. On Hindu Bali, the elephant god is more often coupled with Devi Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, Music and the Arts. Ganesh's role as protector is also more pronounced on this little Indonesian resort island , he can be seen, more stern-faced than usual, sitting at the gates of temple after temple obstructing the path of Bali's unseen army of demons. ✨🐘✨

Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah ~ Shubh Prabhat! 💖💛🕉