VINAYAKA - The Supreme Leader

VINAYAKA - The Supreme Leader is a compilation of stories, glories, and teachings of Lord Vinayaka, largely from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. It also contains selected prayers, bhajans, a popular Carnatic song etc. on Vinayaka, which would be greatly useful and spiritually beneficial for the uplift of devotees and the general public who use this book.

Lord Vinayaka (also known as Ganesha, Ganapati, Vighnesh or Vigneshwara) is widely revered as a God of new beginnings, success, fulfilment, intellect, wisdom and the remover of obstacles. He is a pan-Hindu God found in its various traditions, and is one of the best known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon, regardless of affiliations. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba laid great importance to the worship of Vinayaka in the first instance before taking up any project or pooja. The grandeur with which the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival is celebrated in Prasanthi Nilayam with a number of Ganesha idols in a variety of decorated chariots itself is proof of this.

The ancient themes, concepts and the timeless classic Indian tales with learning points on Vinayaka compiled from the talks by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba are enlightening, entertaining and enjoyable. Sri Varadarajan K is an ardent devotee of Swami, who has compiled other books like Auspiciousness of Maha Shivaratri, Service as Devotion (the example of Anjaneya), Adi Shankara - the Precocious Redeemer of Advaita, Alphabets for All and New Year Day Teachings (from the Discourses of Bhagawan).

It is hoped that this beautiful retelling will be well received by one and all.