Ganesh Chaturthi is most popular a Hindu festival celebrated to honour the elephant-headed god, Ganesha’s birthday in western part of India. Ganesh, being the younger son of god Shiva and Goddess Parvati, is deity of wisdom and intelligence as per Hindu mythology. He is identified with various names.

Here is the list of few most popular names of God Ganesh:

1. Chintamani:

This name attributed to god Ganesh because he is considered to be Remover of obstacles from life of devotees.

2. Ekdanta:

This name is given to god Ganesh as he sacrificed is one tusk for writing the great Indian epic, Mahabharata dictated by sage Vyasa.

3. Gajanana:

Gajanana means who has a face like Gaja (Elephant). This name is given to him when God Shiva cut down his son’s head for disobeying his order to let him in Godess Parvati’s chamber and subsequently another head of elephant replaced.

4. Ganapati:

God Ganesh is also a lord of lords that is Devas (sons of Rishi Kashyap and Aditi). So, he is protector of Ganas got a name Ganapati.

5. Lambodara:

Ganesh is identified with his big fat belly which signifies his over activated kundalini energy which he had stored in his navel.

6. Mrityuanjaya:

As Ganesh conquered death even after his head cut off from his rest of the body he is called as Mrityunjaya – The conqueror of death.

7. Vakratunda:

God Ganesha’s trunk symbolises change and he uses his trunk to destroy obstacles and to secure progress. It is twisted symbolising the sound of OM, the universal sound.